When Pope Leo XIV was elected in May 2025, many observers expected a quieter pontificate than his predecessor, Francis—a scholar-administrator from Chicago, steeped in liturgical tradition, wearing the red mozzetta and moving into the Apostolic Palace. Early signals suggested a pontificate of restoration rather than revolution. What he inherited was a church in long retreat. Weekly Mass attendance among American Catholics had fallen from around 55 percent in 1970 to roughly 29 percent, and the

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