By Ryan Helfenbein, Op-ed contributor Saturday, April 04, 2026Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost arrives on the main central loggia balcony of the St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on May 8, 2025. Robert Francis Prevost was on Thursday elected the first pope from the United States, the Vatican announced. A moderate who was close to Pope Francis and spent years as a missionary in Peru, he becomes the Catholic Church’s 267th pontiff, taking the papal name Leo XIV. | ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images
This past Sunday — Palm Sunday, March 29, 2026 — Pope Leo delivered his homily before tens of thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square to open Holy Week. This is the customary practice, but what he said sparked international controversy among many when he spoke on the topic of war.
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