In addition to debating the extent of the Catholic revival in terms of numbers, there is also growing discussion on what the political effects of a more confident and orthodox Catholic Church will be. It is now clear that Pope Leo is much more tradition-minded than his predecessor, and much of the noise about him being a radical crypto-communist is mostly clickbait by various flavors of shills. Indeed, with the benefit of hindsight, the supposed clash between the pope and President Trump was largely a media creation, based on outright falsifications or distortions of actual events. A few Catholics fell…

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