Pope Leo the 14th presided over his first inaugural mass yesterday. He presented his homily to a crowd of nearly 200,000 people in St. Peter Square.

Several world leaders were in attendance, including Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The Pope called for unity across the church and vowed not to rule like an autocrat.

After the mass, Pope Leo met privately with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,

who thanked the Vatican for its readiness to hold direct talks between Ukraine and Russia,

has won the presidential election in Romania.

Nikosur Don, the centrist mayor of Bucharest, beat the hard right candidate who is aligned with President Trump.

That candidate, George Simeon, has opposed military aid to Ukraine.

The mayor's election to the presidency is being welcomed by European allies.

One who is considered a sort of MAGIS-style candidate was considered a shoe in.

I mean, we've seen this time and again, and once again, a moderate shocks the political world.

Yeah, and he had this kind of outsized personality background in football,

played, you know, to the MAGA card, very clearly, you know, invoked Donald Trump as well during the election campaign.

And the polling had suggested that he was in a good position,

particularly after, you know, last year's debated Romanian election.

But it is a sign that, you know, we've seen it in Canada,

we've seen it in Australia, and now we've seen it in Romania.

And the losing candidate, we should say at the moment,

is claiming that the election was rigged again.

We've seen that MAGA playbook and that it was stolen from him.

But it is a sign that, you know, populism doesn't work everywhere at the moment. Thank you. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead.

Go ahead.

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