At Letters from Leo, Christopher Hale writes:

In American politics, the first 100 days of a presidency serve as a litmus test — a special lens through which we gauge a leader’s vision, priorities, and early wins….

Now, that political template is being applied to the Vatican. Elected on May 8, 2025, as the first American-born pontiff — Robert Prevost of Chicago, now Pope Leo XIV — the Church marks his 100th day…

My biggest takeaway from these first months is simple: Leo has bet his papacy on listening.

Fr. Joseph Farrell, who knows him well, put it best: Leo “recognizes the importance of listening first, then thinking, then acting.”

That’s exactly what we’ve seen. Instead of sweeping decrees, Leo has launched wide consultations, confirmed Vatican officials temporarily, and opened conversations on how the Church can heal its own divisions before healing the world’s….

From the start, Leo’s mission has been unity. His inauguration homily framed the Church as one family bound by love.

Just two days after his election, he asked the cardinals to recommit to the vision of Vatican II, laying out Francis’s six-point blueprint for a synodal, listening Church….

Pope Leo’s first 100 days remind us that the Church’s renewal will not come from shouting louder, but from listening more deeply — to God and to the world.