Overview

• Crux and El Comercio published initial excerpts from León XIV: ciudadano del mundo, misionero del siglo XXI, the pope’s first sit-down interview, with the Spanish book released by Penguin Perú and English and Portuguese editions to follow.
• Leo outlines a three-part approach to Pope Francis’s imprint: keep the substance, root it in longstanding currents such as Vatican II and Latin American practice, and adjust procedures as needed.
• He describes synodality as an attitude that gives every church member a voice through prayer and reflection, calling it an antidote to polarization.
• He cautions clergy who fear synodality will diminish their authority, saying that concern reflects a misunderstanding of the concept.
• He says preserving synodality does not require all of Francis’s structures, and the excerpts also touch on peace efforts in Ukraine, concerns about the U.N.’s effectiveness, widening income gaps, and his personal ties to Peru.