As I watched pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square celebrate Pope Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, I heard a familiar strain: the “Regina Caeli” being chanted by the crowd. This intimacy among the global family is part of what Pope Leo is encouraging through his teachings about peace. In his initial address from the balcony of St. Peter’s, Pope Leo XIV called on the people of God to build bridges and encourage dialogue. Pope Leo XIV, through his early teachings on peace, aims to position himself as a bridge-builder, a true “pontifex.” In this way also, he is signalling that his will be a papacy with a Marian face. In calling upon the people of God to be bridge-builders and embracing that metaphor for his own life and papacy, Leo shows every sign of being a pope whose Petrine office embraces a Marian face.