""No trip to the U.S. is expected in 2026," Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said."
""He sees himself as someone who belongs to the world," said Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago. "I doubted he would come in his first year. He wants to make sure people understand he serves the whole world.""
""I think what drives a lot of this - when he speaks English, when he doesn't, when he talks baseball, or doesn't talk about U.S. politics - is very deliberate. I don't think this an off-the-cuff papacy. It's all very calculated," Rulli said. And Leo "doesn't want the world to think his first priority is America.""
The Vatican announced that Pope Leo XIV is not expected to visit the United States in 2026. Senior Vatican officials had privately considered a trip tied to the U.N. General Assembly and possible visits to American cities, including his hometown. Church leaders and commentators say Leo is making strategic choices as the first American pope to avoid emphasizing one wealthy region of the global church. He prefers to be seen as serving the whole world. Leo signaled preference for future trips to Africa and Latin America, including Peru, where he previously served and holds dual citizenship.
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