Today marks the first anniversary of Leo XIV's election as head of the Catholic Church. A few days before the first anniversary of his pontificate, the Pope imposes a sober communicative style that invites to a “disarmed and disarming peace” in the face of the polarising noise that takes control of our lives. Leo XIV has not needed spectacular gestures to mark an epochal change. It has done so with words. Or, rather, with the way he chooses, moderates and directs them. In contrast to the torrential and often improvised communication of his predecessor, Pope Francis, the new pontiff has opted for strategic restraint. His speeches are shorter, his interventions are more prepared and his tone, deliberately institutional and diplomatic, does not seek the easy headline.
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