View from Rome

07 August 2025, The Tablet

What changes might be in store following Pope Leo’s July fortnight – and he’s back there again this week for the Feast of the Assumption – at the papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo?

Leo may well be very much on the same page as Francis on a whole gamut of church reform, social justice and political issues but he is not, as many of us have observed, a carbon copy of his predecessor. Ever since his election in May, Leo has given the impression that he will bide his time before fully ringing the changes in his new regime.

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