At the 6-months mark, Pope Leo finds his footing and starts charting his own path and style

At the 6-months mark, Pope Leo finds his footing and starts charting his own path and style 28 mins ago Pope Leo XIV is getting used to being pope at the six-month mark, following his shock election in May and sharp learning curve over the summer. His key priorities are starting to come into focus, especially where he dovetails with his predecessor and where he diverges. Leo showed himself in perfect lockstep with Francis when he published his first major teaching document last month, on the church’s non-negotiable “preferential option for the poor.” Leo's pontificate’s six-month mark is coming up on Nov. 8, and we have glimpsed a lot about history’s first American pope, his style, substance and where he might be taking the Catholic Church.