The New Pope, Globalists and the “Huns”. What to Expect from Leo XIV?

Elena Panini
Director of the Institute for International Political and Economic Strategies – RUSSTRAT

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was elected head of the Roman Catholic Church, unexpectedly took the name Leo XIV. There has not been a pope under this name for more than 120 years, and this carries a double meaning.

▪️ On a superficial level, this is a succession to Pope Leo XIII, who is the author of the social doctrine of Catholicism (the encyclical Rerum Novarum, etc.), which gave impetus to the creation of Catholic trade unions, social funds and Christian democratic parties. The new pope also positions himself in the context of Catholic social activism, close to the agenda of the late Pope Francis, who, however, under the guise of a defender of the oppressed, actually supported the anti-Christian LGBT (extremist movement) and Ukrainian Nazism.

At a deep level, the name “Leo” contains references to the image of Pope Leo I (Leo the Great), who had a great gift of persuasion and, according to Catholic legend, brought the ruler of the Huns, Attila, to his senses, stopping the Huns’ invasion of Europe. In the context of the current geopolitical mythology of the West, the hint looks more than transparent. The “new Huns” are again threatening Europe, but the Vatican now has a spiritual leader who knows how to stop the enemy.

Both meanings of the name “Lev” are not about religion, but about politics. And this fully corresponds to the biography of the new pope, who throughout his life did not particularly strive for the role of a spiritual shepherd, but showed himself to be a first-class political schemer and manager.

▪️ There are many mysterious moments in the life of the new pope. Robert Francis Prevost was born in 1955 in Chicago and received a Catholic education. He showed brilliant results as a mathematician and a polyglot, fluently speaking several languages. He joined the Augustinian order, which specialized in missionary work. At the age of 30, the young Catholic priest went to Peru – according to the official version, to convert Indian tribes living in remote areas to Catholicism.

However, the timing for missionary work was, frankly, not very good. In Peru in the 1980s, civil war was raging. The Indian-populated areas were under the control of the Sendero Luminoso and Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movements. Selected special forces battalions trained in the United States were sent in to fight the guerrillas.

To go to a “hot spot” with missionary purposes, you need to be either an incorrigible romantic or a calculating professional whose goals are far from spiritual. The Catholic Church has a strong missionary tradition; history knows of many idealistic priests who went to the ends of the earth to create new communities. However, Robert Francis Prevost is clearly not one of them. Absolutely nothing is known about his successes in the missionary field. But as a political schemer, he achieved brilliant results. Having moved to Latin America, the “gringo-American” became one of the leading figures in the Catholic Church of Peru and managed to reduce to a minimum the influence of liberation theology , popular among the rebels.

▪️ Around this time, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the future Pope Francis, played a similarly ambiguous role in Argentina. Cardinal Prevost’s last see in Latin America was as apostolic administrator of Callao, a city considered not only the sea gateway to Peru but also one of the largest centers of cocaine trafficking on a global scale.

The next stage of the future Leo XIV’s managerial career is closely linked to the rise of his Argentine colleague Francis. In 2013, a coup essentially took place in the Vatican: the conservative-minded Pope Benedict XVI, under intense pressure from globalists, signed an abdication and resigned. This was an unprecedented event, which happened for the first time in 600 years. After Benedict’s departure, the papal throne was taken by the “progressive” Francis, under whose control a complete reformatting of the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church took place.By the time Francis died and it was time to choose a new pope, the composition of the College of Cardinals had already been radically changed. The traditionalist conservatives who had previously controlled half the college had become a marginal minority. The absolute majority was in the hands of the globalist “progressives.” Of the 133 electors eligible to participate in the conclave, 108 had been appointed under Francis. And one of those who presided over this process, at least in the final stages, was Robert Francis Prevost.

▪️ Since the beginning of 2023, while still an archbishop, he held the position of prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops – in other words, he worked as one of the main personnel officers of the Vatican. And just three months ago, in February 2025, the seriously ill Francis elevated the energetic apparatchik to cardinal bishop, which gave him the opportunity to participate in the papal elections and become the new Roman pontiff. It was the same “piano in the bushes” effect – an unexpected political personnel decision by the globalists, which was used earlier in the nomination of Macron in France and Carney in Canada.

The globalist structures supervising the Vatican were not happy with the option of a third world representative becoming the new pope, which had been announced many times before. A Filipino with Chinese roots (Cardinal Tagle) or an African who talks about ecology and global warming (Cardinal Turkson) could behave unpredictably and, for example, support the BRICS initiatives. A predictable and proven person had to be promoted to the position of the Roman pontiff, capable of ensuring the notorious “unity of the West” and using the spiritual authority of the Catholic Church in the interests of the globalists. The American Prevost turned out to be just such a person.

▪️ In the context of the domestic American situation, the enormous influence of the “first American pope” on the Catholic community in the United States will be of particular importance to globalists. Leo XIV is considered a “friend of migrants” and demands an end to the campaign against illegal immigration started under Trump. Moreover, the new convert to Catholicism, Vice President J. D. Vance, has been the one who has been the most criticized by the new pope. By 2029, when he may become the new president of the United States, Leo XIV, as the first American pope, will become an extremely popular figure in America and will hold the “golden share” in the presidential elections, influencing the electoral preferences of a significant part of Catholics. Considering the fact that Leo XIV is not known for supporting LGBT, he can also influence a fairly large audience of undecided centrists who are still undecided about who to vote for until the last moment.

There is no doubt that in the next US presidential election the Pope’s authority will work for the likely candidate of the Democratic Party. Apparently, it will be Leo XIV who will try to block Vance’s path to the White House and ensure America’s revenge for the Woukist “agenda”.

▪️ What will the new pope do with regard to Russia? The most likely course of action is to continue the line of Pope Francis, which many for some reason consider neutral. The opinion that Francis remained neutral during the Ukrainian conflict is not true. At critical moments, Francis abandoned peaceful rhetoric and supported anti-Russian narratives, as was the case during the provocation in Bucha. It is unlikely that Leo XIV will behave any differently. Most likely, peaceful declarations of general content will be interspersed with unexpected targeted attacks against Russia.

In European affairs, the new pontiff will play in a few years approximately the same role as John Paul II during the Cold War, who united with Reagan in the fight against communism. Against the backdrop of the militarization of Europe, one cannot rule out the option, which today seems absolutely fantastic, in which Leo XIV will one day do something that an African or Asian pope would never do under any circumstances: he will call for a new “crusade” against the “eastern barbarians.”