In his first encounter with journalists as pope, Leo called on the news media to highlight the “voices of the weak who have no voice.”

Pope Leo XIV encouraged the media to reject the "confusion of loveless languages that are often ideological or partisan" and "strive for a different kind of communication, one that does not seek consensus at all costs.

The pope's older brother, Louis Prevost, is a regular poster of political content on his Facebook page ... much of it from a more conservative viewpoint. While there's nothing wrong with sharing a political opinion,

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.