It has long been an unwritten rule of the Catholic Church that no citizen of a world superpower can be pope. The informal logic is that such an arrangement would risk putting preeminent temporal and spiritual authority into the hands of the same clan. It is always safer to pick a pope from a more quaint, less powerful country. But at the most unexpected moment, the College of Cardinals broke this understanding by electing the first American pontiff in a line of succession more than 2,000 years old, stretching right back to Christ's selection of St. Peter. When Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Cardinal Robert Prevost, emerged as the bishop of Rome on May 8, jaws dropped to the cobbled pavement of Vatican City. The Catholic Church is among the oldest thriving institutions in history. Even in secular society and among nonbelievers, the Holy See enjoys unparalleled prestige that dwarfs other religious leaders and most monarchies. Its mission to spread the Gospel message gives it a character that transcends the coarseness of politics. The Catholic Church is stability personified. (Illustration by Dean MacAdam for the Washington Examiner) The election of the first American pope coincides with President Donald Trump returning to power. This is perhaps a mere coincidence but a significant coincidence nevertheless. Trump, whose superpower is a talent for self-advertisement, forced all eyes worldwide to turn to watch America and what is happening...