The Making of the First American Pope
Will Pope Leo XIV follow the progressive example of his predecessor or chart a more moderate course? His work in Chicago and Peru may shed light on his approach.
Made famous overnight, he stuck to a Midwestern matter-of-factness: he addressed the cardinals who'd elected him in flat-vowelled English, phoned his family daily, kept up his morning habit of doing the Times' Wordle puzzle, and sent e-mails and texts from his personal accounts.