(LifeSiteNews) — My good friend and co-host at the Faith & Reason podcast, Fr. Charles Murr, told me once on the show that all a pope really needs to do to change the Church is to pick good bishops around the world.
With that in mind, let’s take a retrospective look at just a few of the Leo XIV bishop selections during his first year.
May 28 – Pope Leo XIV confirms priest who supports ‘women’s ordination’ as new bishop of St. Gallen, Switzerland
June 11 – Pope Leo appoints new head of Pontifical Academy for Life who is pro-contraception
June 16 – Did the Pope just appoint a Chinese bishop loyal to the Communist Party?
June 19 – Pope Leo appoints bishop for Brisbane, Australia, who supports ‘women’s ordination’
June 24 – Pope Leo appoints Cardinal Roche, same-sex ‘blessing’ supporters to Dicastery for Consecrated Life
June 30 – Newly appointed Spanish bishop on record supporting homosexual ‘blessings’
October 17 – Pope Leo appoints priest who expressed support for ‘women’s ordination’ as archbishop of Vienna
October 29 – Pope Leo appoints pro-LGBT bishop who voted against denying Communion to Biden
December 17 – Pope Leo appoints bishop who celebrated ‘LGBT Mass’ with drag queen speaker
Jan. 27 – Pope Leo XIV appoints bishop who rejects Catholic teaching on sexuality
Feb. 23 – Pope Leo XIV appoints bishop who attended Masonic lodge opening in Italy
Feb. 24 – Pope Leo-appointed bishop calls same-sex ‘blessings’ a ‘step forward’ for the Church
May 1 – Pope Leo appoints ‘Strickland’s Judas’ priest, Fr. John Gomez, as bishop of Laredo
May 4 – Pope Leo’s new bishop in West Virginia illegally crossed the US border in 1990
