There is a deep yearning for genuinely transformative leaders — leaders capable of drawing out the best in us, repairing our broken and fraying institutions and restoring moral direction to public life. In a wounded world marked by exhaustion, polarization and distrust, people are not merely asking for efficiency or strength; they are searching for leadership that can heal, rehumanize and sow hope where cynicism has taken root.
It is within this longing that many now look, with curiosity and concern, at the two most prominent Americans on the global stage: President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV. Each occupies a position of extraordinary influence.
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