RomeHumanity has the potential to overcome the violence and hatred that is increasingly dividing people, Pope Leo XIV said in an excerpt from his first interview as Pope. “I think it’s very important to start a deeper reflection, of trying to figure out: Why is the world so polarized? “The news that Elon Musk is going to be the first trillionaire in the world… What does that mean, and what’s that about? The book includes two separate interviews totaling about three hours of conversation in July between Pope Leo and Elise Allen, Crux’s senior correspondent. Pope Leo emphasized that synodality, a hallmark of Pope Francis’ pontificate, began much earlier, starting with the Second Vatican Council and developing “at least in Latin America,” where the U.S.-born Pope served for more than 20 years.