Some question why an American would be chosen and not one where the church is growing like Africa or Asia. Gods ways are not ours and the Holy Spirit works in mysterious ways. But I do have a theory.
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcuta saw horrible physical poverty but she said she never saw spiritual poverty like she did in the US.
“You in the West have the spiritually poorest of the poor much more than you have the physically poor. Often among the rich are very spiritually poor people”
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcuta
That being said, there is work to be done here and the Holy Spirit is shinning a light in the current darkness.
““What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it?””
Luke 15:4
That being said, there is plenty of work and people who need to learn to love each other better. Jesus is calling, positions are available:
“Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.””
Matthew 9:37-38 NABRE
Thank you to the Conclave of Cardinals, thank you Holy Spirit and thank you Pope Leo XIV!