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'Moderate pope could cement Francis' legacy': Unseen footage from John-Henry's interview with Glenn Beck

By Andreas WailzerMay 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
'Moderate pope could cement Francis' legacy': Unseen footage from John-Henry's interview with Glenn Beck
Wikimedia Commons | John Henry and Glenn Beck

‘With the ‘moderate,’ and the solidifying of what Francis gave us, that’s where you have a nightmare scenario,’ John-Henry Westen warned Glenn Beck.

(LifeSiteNews) -- LifeSiteNews CEO and co-founder John-Henry Westen warned that a "moderate" pope could cement Pope Francis’ heterodox legacy.

During an interview with conservative radio host Glenn Beck, Westen discussed the possibility of a moderate pope being elected to the chair of St. Peter and how that may hurt the Church.

“With a conservative [pope], we just have restoration. We can have the truth back,” Westen told Beck.

“But with the moderate, and the solidifying of what Francis gave us, that’s where you have a nightmare scenario,” he continued.

“He [the moderate pope] might not be as bombastic, but the Church goes forward under a whole new understanding that contravenes Christ.”

“A few months ago, [Francis] was on with a Muslim and a Buddhist and saying ‘All religions are paths to God.’”

“Didn’t Jesus say, ‘I am the Way, the Truth, and Life, no man comes to the Father but by Me?’”

“Francis felt it was time to correct Jesus on that,” Westen said. “This is insanity.”

“If we have a solidifying in that, in a moderate [like] ‘yeah, we are going to take that and we are going to move forward, we are not going to do anything new’ … like every moderate politician does, you just hold where it is and keep going, that then establishes a new kind of church, which is false and goes forward.”

“It can’t happen!” Westen stressed.

The other parts of John-Henry Westen’s interview with Glenn Beck can be viewed on YouTube.

Faith & Religion
May 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Andreas Wailzer

Andreas Wailzer is an Austrian journalist based in Vienna writing for LifeSiteNews. He studied business and economics in Vienna and Vancouver, Canada. In 2022, he left his job in the corporate world to work full-time in the field of Catholic journalism and advocacy, first at the St. Boniface Institute in Vienna and now at LifeSiteNews. Andreas loves to write about politics, economics, and everything related to the Catholic faith. His work has been published in English and German in multiple media outlets, including Die Tagespost, Wochenblick, Corrigenda, and LifeSiteNews. You can follow Andreas on Twitter.
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