How Leo Aided My Decision to Convert

This pope has the courage to make one of the hardest choices every Christian leader faces.

I went to mass for the first time three days after Leo XIV became pope. I’d thought about visiting a Catholic church for a long time, so I can’t say he was the reason I went. But he’s part of the reason I stayed.

Leo isn’t why I went to church, but he’s one reason I stayed. (Photo: Joy Real/Uplash)

Here’s how I put it in my journal a few days later:

Leo si…