Pope Leo XIV does not intend to overturn Pope Francis’ limits on celebrating the traditional Latin Mass but will grant two-year dispensations to bishops who ask, a nuncio said.

The pontiff urged Catholics and world leaders to assist the poor, marking the Church’s Jubilee of the Poor. The US pope has made social justice a key theme of his papacy, now in its sixth month since being made head of the world’s Catholics in May following the death of Pope Francis.

Allen’s book, “León XIV: Ciudadano del mundo, misionero del siglo XXI” (“Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the 21st Century”), which was published in Spanish in September, featured the pope’s first interview after his election, in which he weighed in on issues facing the Catholic Church and the world.

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Pope Leo XIV welcomed a group of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Cate Blanchett, Greta Gerwig, Chris Pine, Viggo Mortensen and more, to the Vatican Saturday as part of a larger celebration of filmmaking.