The first steps of a pontificate are always an exercise in communication: the new pope—whoever he is—will do small things that speak volumes about his intentions, and that is why it is important to watch new pontificates closely and analyse them carefully. The pontificate of Leo XIV is no different in this regard, so [...]

With his visit to the Vatican Radio shortwave broadcasting center in Santa Maria di Galeria, Leo XIV made a highly symbolic gesture. Not so much because that area is the subject of a controversy with the Italian government due to alleged environmental pollution of the center, but because the great reform of Vatican communication [...]

For the Jubilee of Nuncios, Leo XIV gave his papal representatives a ring engraved with the words, Sub umbra Petri—under the shadow of Peter—and, in a very dense speech, stressed to his ambassadors that they are called to be “the gaze of Peter” in the countries and for the peoples to which they are [...]

In a pair of audiences last week, one with the Roman Curia and the other with the superiors and officials of the Secretariat of State, Leo XIV began to outline what he expected from his collaborators. His approach was generally positive, showing evident appreciation for their work without failing, however, to mention some of [...]

There was a Peruvian priest who sat next to the Pope’s secretary in the popemobile on May 13, 2025, when Leo XIV took possession of the chair of St. John Lateran. He was Bernardito Gil, vicar general to then-Bishop Prevost of Chiclayo, and he had come to Rome to greet his former bishop, who [...]