Pope Leo XIV greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile under the rain in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Sept. 10, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) AI instead of industrialisation: Church historian Ernesti sees Pope Leo XIV as the successor to his predecessor. The new Pope’s response to the current social revolution is still unclear. For church historian Jörg Ernesti, Leo XIV is still “a black box” in theological terms. “We don’t know whether he will make conservative decisions or…
