First Things First: What the Consistory Reveals About Pope Leo’s Priorities

January 7, 2026 World News

Daniel Ibáñez
Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd in St. Peter’s Square from the central loggia during the Urbi et Orbi blessing on Dec. 25.

COMMENTARY: The extraordinary consistory sheds light on Pope Leo XIV’s for sequence — beginning with discernment before direction.

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