The intense focus on the daily minutia of the Holy Father can veer into unhealthy voyeurism.
Not long ago, Rich Raho, a high school teacher with a not insignificant audience on 𝕏, posted a picture of Pope Leo along with this: “Every pontificate has a defining moment, and Leo’s ‘moonlight speech’ tonight was one of them. Unscripted and energized by thousands of young people in the Square, Leo let his guard down, and the crowd roared and embraced him…”
Do popes have defining moments? Has Leo had his guard up? And now he’s let it down? Raho says so. Raho called it a “breakout moment.” Breakout from what exactly? He does not say. The pope takes a swing around St. Peter’s Square, and Raho tells us, “And now we have the theme song from ‘The Prince of Egypt’ being sung.”
Raho is not the only fanboy. A Democratic operative, Christopher Hale, with 48,000 followers, is banging on how Pope Leo is the most popular American in the world, the best-known American in the world, and the most loved American in the world. In June, Hale posted,
For the first time, the most famous American in the world is not the president or a Hollywood icon or tech billionaire—it’s the Pope. This is more than a Catholic triumph; it’s a cultural watershed for the United States. In a society that often equates American influence with might or money or celebrity, now our foremost representative on the global stage is a humble man in a white cassock, preaching love, justice, and mercy.
More: https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-popes-breathless-fanboys
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