Pray for Pope Leo XIV to walk in the footsteps of Pope Leo IX.

I've been reading about Pope Saint Leo IX, born in 1002 shortly after the new millennium began. What a great saint! He ruled with wisdom and zeal at a difficult time for the Church. 

I'm reading a book he wrote on the vices and virtues. The introduction gives this picture of the saintly pope:

Bruno [his baptismal name] was ordained to the priesthood. His ministry was characterized by diligence and devotion, which was well supported by his prudence, wisdom, and erudition. Soon, he was consecrated as bishop of the important diocese of Toul, which he governed effectively and fruitfully for over two decades.

At this point in history, the governance of the Church in Rome was highly unstable and tainted by corruption.

Sound familiar?  The "Church of Rome" was "tainted by corruption." All of the sheep out there who think nothing evil can never happen in the "holy" city need to read Church history. Let's continue:

Nabi Sayeth: An Historical Look at the Plague of Homosexuality in the Church

Cardinal Walter Brandmuller

Nabi would like to call your attention to an article written in L’Espresso magazine dated November 5, 2018. The focus of the article is on the recent writings of a distinguished Catholic historian, Cardinal Walter Brandmueller. The good Cardinal takes an historical look at the scandal plaguing our beloved Catholic Church….

“The situation is comparable to that of the Church in the 11th and 12th century.” As an authoritative Church historian and as president of the pontifical committee of historical sciences from 1998 to 2009, Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, 89, has no doubt when he sees the present-day Church 'shaken to its foundations' on account of the spread of sexual abuse and homosexuality 'in an almost epidemic manner among the clergy and even in the hierarchy.'