""The totally new aspect to this job is being thrown onto the level of world leader," he was quoted as saying. "I'm learning a lot and feeling very challenged, but not overwhelmed. On that one I had to jump in on the deep end of the pool very quickly.""
""Even at home, I grew up a White Sox fan, but my mother was a Cubs fan, so you couldn't be one of those fans that shut out the other side," he said. "We learned, even in sports, to have an open, dialogical, friendly and not angry competitive stance on things like that, because we might not have gotten dinner had we been!""
Pope Leo XIV has embraced pastoral responsibilities as leader of the universal Catholic Church while encountering greater challenges in diplomatic roles. He described a steep learning curve in the role of world leader and likened the rapid transition to jumping into the deep end of a pool. Two decades of missionary work in Peru inform his appreciation of the Latin American church and of Pope Francis' ministry. Promotion to a senior Vatican post in 2023 positioned him as a potential successor, yet significant learning remains. He balances American and Peruvian identities and favors open, dialogical approaches, even extending that outlook to sports rivalries.
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