Three weeks after lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV is embarking on the longest and farthest trip of his pontificate: A12-day, three-nation tour of Latin America that carries more personal and historic weight than any of his voyages to date.
No one expected Leo to be pope — except everyone who knew him as ‘Bob’
In the days immediately following Pope Francis’ death, messages from friends poured into Cardinal Robert Prevost’s phone.

