Can Pope Leo resist the Vatican culture of ‘alternative facts’?

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Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the College of Cardinals after his election. Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Leo XIV is at Castel Gandolfo this week, the new pope’s second stint at the papal summer residence, while work is completing on renovations to the papal apartments where he is set to take up residence with a small Augustinian community.

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