Why the next pope should be a conservative modernist

Published May 7, 2025 6:00am ET



The arguments over the new pope are breaking down among the usual lines.

The conservative side views the Catholic Church as a bulwark worshipping science, transgenderism, feminism, vulgar popular culture and other evils of modernism. It loves tradition and the Latin Mass.

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