From Math Proofs to Moral Theology

Pope Leo XIV's undergraduate math professors at Villanova (1973-1977) recall a quiet student who saw theology in equations. "He wrote a proof linking Euler's identity to divine simplicity," says retired Prof. O'Donnell. Now, the pontiff applies abstract algebra to church problems - modeling grace as a "spiritual differential equation" and using group theory to analyze ecumenical dialogues. His most controversial application? A probabilistic model predicting which doctrines could change without altering essential faith (78.3% certainty the ban on female deacons is disciplinary, not doctrinal). Traditionalists accuse him of "reducing mystery to math," but the pope insists: "God wrote the universe in numbers. I'm just checking His work."