Pope Leo XIV presides over Mass as part of the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 26, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) It seemed as though Pope Francis’s invitation to Todos! Todos! Todos! had been answered – and they were all in Rome. The crowds filling St Peter’s Square and spilling down Via della Conciliazione on Sunday were more suggestive of the election of a new Pope than Pope Leo’s weekly Angelus and blessing. In such crowds,…
