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The Pope Leo playbook

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Dr Cristian Ispir
May 09, 2025
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12 June - Ship of Fools
Pope Leo III crowning Charlemagne in 800 AD, from a 14th-century manuscript of the Chroniques de St Denis

As the cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV yesterday, the name alone evokes echoes of past bearers who made history shift beneath their feet, each Leo stepping into the papal shoes with a different stride—some thundering, others tiptoeing, but all impossi…

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