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Pope Leo XIV arrives for an audience with journalists on May 12, 2025, at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, Vatican. (Christopher Furlong/Getty)Pope Leo XIV arrives for an audience with thousands of journalists and media workers on May 12, 2025 at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, Vatican. The audience with journalists has become a tradition among newly elected popes. (Christopher Furlong/Getty)
Pope Leo XIV speaks from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica from where he delivered his first Sunday blessing since his election to the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the traditional Regina Caeli prayer at noon, May 11, 2025. (Domenico Stinellis/AP)Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of the St Peter’s Basilica to deliver the Regina Caeli prayer in St. Peter’s Square on May 11, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Christopher Furlong/Getty)Nuns hold rosaries as Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, May 11, 2025. (Bernat Armangue/AP)
A statue of the Virgin Mary on on May 11, 2025, outside a migrants’ shelter that Pope XIV helped establish when he was bishop in Chiclayo, in Lambayeque northern Peru. (Ernesto Benavides/Getty-AFP)Faithful wave U.S. flags as they wait for Pope Leo XIV to appear at the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, May 11, 2025. (Andrew Medichini/AP)Clerics wave U.S. flags during the speech of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Francisco Seco/AP)
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)The Swiss Guard marches after a new Pope was elected when 133 cardinals gathered on the second day of the conclave to select a successor to the late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Markus Schreiber/AP)Faithful celebrate after white smoke appears at the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Emilio Morenatti/AP)
White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Bernat Armangue/AP)White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025 (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)
Pope Leo XIV arrives for an audience with journalists on May 12, 2025, at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, Vatican. (Christopher Furlong/Getty)
Pope Leo XIV arrives for an audience with thousands of journalists and media workers on May 12, 2025 at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, Vatican. The audience with journalists has become a tradition among newly elected popes. (Christopher Furlong/Getty)
Pope Leo XIV speaks from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica from where he delivered his first Sunday blessing since his election to the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the traditional Regina Caeli prayer at noon, May 11, 2025. (Domenico Stinellis/AP)
Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of the St Peter’s Basilica to deliver the Regina Caeli prayer in St. Peter’s Square on May 11, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Christopher Furlong/Getty)
Nuns hold rosaries as Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, May 11, 2025. (Bernat Armangue/AP)
A statue of the Virgin Mary on on May 11, 2025, outside a migrants’ shelter that Pope XIV helped establish when he was bishop in Chiclayo, in Lambayeque northern Peru. (Ernesto Benavides/Getty-AFP)
Faithful wave U.S. flags as they wait for Pope Leo XIV to appear at the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, May 11, 2025. (Andrew Medichini/AP)
Clerics wave U.S. flags during the speech of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Francisco Seco/AP)
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)
The Swiss Guard marches after a new Pope was elected when 133 cardinals gathered on the second day of the conclave to select a successor to the late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Markus Schreiber/AP)
Faithful celebrate after white smoke appears at the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Emilio Morenatti/AP)
White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Bernat Armangue/AP)
White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025 (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)
Pope Leo XIV leaves the Aug.inian General House in Rome after a visit, May 13, 2025. (Domenico Stinellis/AP)
Pope Leo XIV arrives for an audience with journalists on May 12, 2025, at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, Vatican. (Christopher Furlong/Getty)Pope Leo XIV arrives for an audience with thousands of journalists and media workers on May 12, 2025 at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, Vatican. The audience with journalists has become a tradition among newly elected popes. (Christopher Furlong/Getty)
Pope Leo XIV speaks from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica from where he delivered his first Sunday blessing since his election to the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the traditional Regina Caeli prayer at noon, May 11, 2025. (Domenico Stinellis/AP)Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of the St Peter’s Basilica to deliver the Regina Caeli prayer in St. Peter’s Square on May 11, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Christopher Furlong/Getty)Nuns hold rosaries as Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, May 11, 2025. (Bernat Armangue/AP)
A statue of the Virgin Mary on on May 11, 2025, outside a migrants’ shelter that Pope XIV helped establish when he was bishop in Chiclayo, in Lambayeque northern Peru. (Ernesto Benavides/Getty-AFP)Faithful wave U.S. flags as they wait for Pope Leo XIV to appear at the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, May 11, 2025. (Andrew Medichini/AP)Clerics wave U.S. flags during the speech of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Francisco Seco/AP)
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)The Swiss Guard marches after a new Pope was elected when 133 cardinals gathered on the second day of the conclave to select a successor to the late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Markus Schreiber/AP)Faithful celebrate after white smoke appears at the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Emilio Morenatti/AP)
White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Bernat Armangue/AP)White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025 (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)
Originally Published: May 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM CDT
