The gaze of Pope Leo XIV
The high tide of Pope Leo XIV’s journey to Spain left an immense archive of words, gestures and emotions. Ever since the evening of May 8, 2025, when he stepped out onto the Benediction Loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to greet the world for the first time as Bishop of Rome and the 267th successor of Saint Peter, journalists have been asking: who is Robert F. Prevost?









