By NICOLE WINFIELD

VATICAN CITY (AP) — “You get used to it.”

That was Pope Leo XIV ‘s matter-of-fact response when King Charles III asked about the swarms of televisions cameras documenting his historic visit to the Vatican last month.

Charles is no stranger to paparazzi, so Leo wasn’t telling the monarch anything he didn’t already know. But Leo’s blasé comment seemed to confirm what Vatican observers have noticed recently: that Leo has indeed gotten used to being pope, and is finding his footing six months into the job.

FILE – Pope Leo XIV, center, is flanked by Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla in the St. Damasus Courtyard at the Vatican after a state visit and a pray with him in the Sistine Chapel, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File )

FILE – Pope Leo XIV

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