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TOP 7 LEADERS IN THE VATICAN UNDER POPE LEO XIV
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when a new pope ascends to the chair of
St peter what changes first not the
architecture nor the lurggical texts but
the individuals who surround him under
Pope Leo I 14th the Vatican transforms
from a mere symbol into a sophisticated
apparatus guided by figures seldom
recognized by the public who are the
minds behind the pivotal decisions of
the Holy Sea join us as we delve into
the top seven individuals shaping the
Vatican under Pope Leo I 14th and
discover why each plays a crucial role
in the church's future number seven
Cardinal
Proin the quiet strategist holding the
Vatican together behind the papal throne
is a man whose influence is rarely seen
but always felt cardinal
Proin the Secretary of State is often
referred to as the shadow pope not
because he seeks power but because he
has quietly carried it for over a decade
his mind is unmatched in diplomacy he
knows the map of global Catholicism
better than anyone alive having dealt
with China's bishops Russian ambassadors
and dozens of fragile relationships that
hinge on the church's moral weight under
Leo I 14th Perilyn is not just
continuing his role he's anchoring the
new papacy in continuity in times of
uncertainty he is the Vatican stability
whether it's managing secret back
channels with oppressive regimes or
preparing highlevel negotiations with
the United Nations perilene is the first
to know and often the last to advise
without him the Vatican would be
spiritually rich but geopolitically
blind he doesn't draw crowds he draws
red lines and he rarely has to cross
them to be heard number six Cardinal
Luis Antonio Tagle the soul of
evangelization and the face of the
global church cardinal Tagel isn't just
a missionary he is the living proof that
the Catholic Church is no longer
European at its center it's global
dynamic and vibrantly rooted in the
global south born in the Philippines
shaped by humility and trained in the
best schools of Rome Tegel bridges the
academic and the apostolic as proprefect
of the Diccastastery for evangelization
he's responsible for bringing the gospel
to unreached regions but under Leo I
14th his role may become something more
the prophetic voice of a missionary
church during the papal inauguration it
was he who placed the fisherman's ring
on the Pope's hand not just a gesture of
protocol but a moment thick with
symbolic approval he is not only a
respected preacher of Christ he is
beloved for his vulnerability his tears
during homalies his ability to make
global suffering personal pope Leo I
14th may be the head of the church but
taggle is rapidly becoming its heart
especially in places where Catholicism
is still a whisper not yet a song number
five Archbishop Paul Gallagher the
Vatican's diplomatic sentinel in a
fractured world the church has no armies
it has no borders but through Archbishop
Gallagher it has a voice in every room
where peace or war is decided as
secretary for relations with states
Gallagher is the Vatican's chief
diplomat tasked with the impossible
mission of representing eternal values
in a world addicted to immediiacy he
does not tweet he drafts language so
precise that entire governments pause
before responding under Pope Leo I 14th
his task is even heavier in a world
polarized by ideology broken by war and
cynical toward religion Gallagher walks
in not to dominate but to remind his
recent meetings with US leaders signal a
shift the Vatican under Leo I 14th is
ready to engage not just spiritually but
strategically gallagher ensures that
when the church speaks it is not
dismissed he is not only the voice of
the pope in global halls of power he is
the voice of conscience in places that
have forgotten they had one number four
Sister Raphaela Patrini the hidden hand
managing the Vatican's inner workings
she walks the marble halls in a
religious habit not a red robe yet
Sister Raphaela Petrini may hold more
day-to-day power than most cardinals as
secretary general of the governor of
Vatican City she oversees everything
from budgets to buildings from employee
conduct to legal structures initially
appointed under Pope Francis some
thought her term would quietly end with
the new papacy but Leo I 14th didn't
just renew her post he reaffirmed the
message competence not color defines
authority seldom in church history has a
woman had such deep institutional reach
inside the Vatican walls and yet she
remains invisible to headlines by choice
she operates like a conductor ensuring
every department plays its part from
security to sanitation from
administration to archives under her the
Vatican City State runs like a monastery
with the efficiency of a nation the Pope
governs the church but Sister Patrini
makes sure the house of Peter doesn't
fall apart number three Cardinal Michael
Churnney the living embodiment of
Catholic social teaching a theologian a
Jesuit a fieldworker a moral fire brand
cardinal Churnney wears many mantels but
he carries them all into one role
prefect of the diecastry for integral
human development it's a title that
sounds abstract but it covers the very
soul of the church's mission in the
modern world refugees climate justice
labor ethics anti-racism work shurnney
has touched them all and not from behind
a desk he has been seen boarding ships
with migrants sleeping alongside
displaced families standing in mud
rather than marble though eligible for
retirement Pope Leo I 14th has not
replaced him yet and perhaps for good
reason in a papacy that promises to care
for both the truth and the poor Shurnney
is irreplaceable he doesn't speak as a
politician or philosopher he speaks as
someone who has wept with the forgotten
under Leo I 14th his voice will continue
to make uncomfortable truths impossible
to ignore number two Archbishop Vincenzo
Palia the Vatican's mind in an age of
biotech and artificial ethics you can't
speak about the future of Catholic
ethics without mentioning Archbishop
Vincenzo Palia at the head of the
Pontipical Academy for Life he has
wrestled with issues that not even the
most ancient church councils could have
imagined genetic editing AI
consciousness
transhumanism but Paglia has done
something remarkable he hasn't just
defended doctrine he has opened doors to
dialogue even with those who openly
oppose the church under Pope Leo I 14th
the academyy's future is uncertain palia
is 80 and his successor will mark a
turning point but until then Palia
stands as the church's philosopher
priest he speaks not from a place of
rigidity but of rootedness his work
reminds the church that being eternal
does not mean being outdated and when
the culture races forward at the speed
of code Paglia is one of the few who
dares to ask should we follow number one
Cardinal Dominique Mambberti the legal
mind ensuring continuity in a reforming
church he speaks rarely but when he does
canonists listen cardinal Dominique
Mambberti once prefect of the apostolic
signatur the highest canonical court in
the church now serves as the cardinal
proto deacon the one who delivered the
palium to Leo the 14th but his true
power lies in something quieter
interpretation as Pope Leo I 14th
explores reform as new ideas emerge
around liturgy governance and
accountability mamberti is the one who
ensures that change is not confusion his
knowledge of canon law lurggical form
and ecclesiastical tradition acts as a
spine within the body of the church
without figures like him enthusiasm
becomes chaos he is not the face of
renewal but he is its structure under
Leo I 14th his role may not make
headlines but it will decide whether the
new papacy builds on rock or slips into
sand a papacy is never a one-man mission
it is a symphony some instruments are
bold others are subtle but all are
necessary as Pope Leo I 14th begins his
journey these seven individuals form the
inner circle of discernment diplomacy
and direction their influence may be
quiet but it is deep and if the church
is to walk faithfully through the fires
of modernity it will do so on the
shoulders of minds like these so
remember behind the white cassich are
layers of prayer strategy and sacrifice
and behind every great pope is a team
shaping the next chapter of Catholic
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