Pope Leo XIV elevates the Eucharist as he celebrates Mass with members of the Vatican gendarmerie at the replica of the Lourdes grotto in the Vatican Gardens Oct. 5, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Pope Leo XIV waded into a leadership controversy in the US on September 30, mere hours before the dispute became largely academic. Speaking with journalists as he was departing the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo took a question from an EWTN reporter regarding a decision by Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago to…
