Pope on vacation after decisive flexing of papal muscle ^56%

ABC News - By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press - 7/5/2026, 12:01 PM

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ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV began a summer vacation on Sunday, capping a whirlwind finale to the first half of 2026, in which he emerged as a powerful global statesman on issues from artificial intelligence to war and flexed decisive papal muscle to govern internal church problems. Leo is spending the rest of July at the papal retreat at... more