In this exclusive interview with the auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan, we discuss his reaction to these events, Pope Leo XIV’s widely publicized audience with Fr. This event was planned before Pope Leo XIV’s election. The fact that Pope Leo XIV did not cause such scandal in no way justifies his de facto consent to this event. James Martin circulated photos of an audience he had with Pope Leo several days before the event. +Athanasius Schneider: Pope Leo XIV is not the vicar of Pope Francis, but the Vicar of Jesus Christ, who will ask him to account for his defense of the truth.