El pastor y los lobos

In May 2025, the death of Pope Francis laid bare the fractures of an institution in crisis, with two factions vying for control. On one side were those who advocated for openness to modernity; on the other, those who maintained that fundamentalism was the way to contain the chaos. Meanwhile, the Church faced its greatest stigma: the cases of sexual abuse and the silence that protected the perpetrators for decades. Against all odds, the conclave was resolved in just two days. Taking the name Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost became the first American pope in history. Until then, his political career had unfolded far from the spotlight, from his beginnings as a missionary in Peru to his appointment at the heart of Vatican power as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops.