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"The omens are encouraging. During his Mass for the cardinals, Leo XIV produced the outline of an unambiguously Catholic manifesto in language of startling clarity."

"For one thing, the new Pope clearly loves Latin. On Sunday he led a crowd of 100,000 in St Peter’s Square in the Regina Caeli, a 12th-century antiphon to the Blessed Virgin."

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spectator.co.uk/article/leo-xi

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The Spectator · Leo XIV’s papacy is off to a surprisingly promising startBy Damian Thompson

“…this tar-baby of a war might not necessarily prove quite as congenial to Chinese interests as Xi believes…

At present, everyone involved seems, mistakenly, to believe that time is on their side…”

After his trip to #Moscow, #Xi Jinping still holds all the cards | #TheSpectator

spectator.co.uk/article/after-

The SpectatorAfter his trip to Moscow, Xi Jinping still holds all the cardsBy Mark Galeotti