Leo XIV's Barber Didn't Know He Was Cutting the Pope's Hair

Two weeks after his election, Pope Leo called his old barber: “Mario, it’s Robert Prevost. Can you come to my house for a haircut?”

The pope’s barber, Mario Reyes, was invited to cut his longtime client Pope Leo’s hair at the Vatican in late May.

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Some of the most revealing stories about a pope are found not in official statements but in the ordinary moments of life.

When I read a remarkable profile in the Italian newspaper La Stampa about Pope Leo XIV’s longtime barber — …