Papst Leo XIV. und der Katholizismus in den USA: Zwischen Trumpismus und katholischer Soziallehre

Talk by Prof. Dr. Michael Hochgeschwender, LMU München

With the election of Cardinal Prevost as the new Pope Leo XIV, many conservative American Catholics face a difficult choice: do they remain loyal to the Roman Magisterium, with its statements on the social order based on natural law and its love for the poor and migrants, or do they opt for the radical nationalism of their president, who was elected by a majority of white Catholics? And how does the episcopate respond to the ethnoculturally extremely pluralistic Catholicism in the U.S., which essentially reflects the divisions in society as a whole? The lecture examines the historical and social background of the current situation of American Catholics and their relationship to the Roman Magisterium.