‘Citizen of the World’ — Elise Ann Allen’s Historic Biography of Pope Leo XIV

The first English-language Pope Leo biography built around three hours of on-the-record interviews with the pope himself — and the years of Peruvian reporting that earned Allen the room.

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Before you read today’s essay, one important note:

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