Pope Leo XIV Reveals the Basis for His Papal Name Selection – Inspired by ‘Another Industrial Revolution’

Pope Leo XIV waves to the gathered masses in Saint Peter’s Square (Screen Image)

On Saturday, May 10, Vatican media posted a video featuring Pope Leo XIV, who revealed to the College of Cardinals his reason for selecting the papal name of Pope Leo XIV.

According to Vatican correspondent for LifeSite News, Michael Haynes:

“Leo XIV explained his name choice to the cardinals today as ‘mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic Encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question...