The second consistory of Leo XIV indicated, in a certain sense, that the transition from one pontificate to the next is underway, but not yet complete.

It is not certain it will ever be.

For Leo XIV, the consistory meetings appear to be more of a broad consultation than an instrument of governance, a [...]

At 94, already wheelchair-bound and in poor health, Cardinal Camillo Ruini found himself experiencing the third conclave of his life as a cardinal, this time no longer as a cardinal elector.

No one would have faulted him had he chosen to sit this one out.

Ruini, however, felt it was his duty to ensure [...]

It’s perhaps a little too much to say that Leo XIV’s pontificate began on the Iberian Peninsula, but his recent six-day sojourn in Spain was a clear sign of the kind of pontificate to expect from him.

It will be a pontificate that looks to the peripheries of the faith, as Pope Francis did [...]

The appointment of Montse Alvarado as prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Communications is an appointment that explains much about how Leo XIV intends to manage the Roman Curia and his understanding of its offices.

It also offers a glimpse, perhaps, into a possible further reform of the Roman Curia.

Until now, Leo XIV [...]

Leo XIV’s encyclical letter, Magnifica Humanitas, has a Latin title, but it doesn’t yet have a Latin version.

The encyclical was the last to arrive at the Office of Latin Letters; the original version is expected to be in English and Italian, so the editio typica will likely be Latin, but it will be [...]