In a period that saw the close of the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, one might be forgiven for thinking that the leading story about Leo this week would be his ecumenism, but I argue it actually involves Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Last weekend, Schwarzenegger told German outlet Bild about his private meeting with Leo XIV on the sidelines of a climate change event at the Vatican in October. According to Schwarzenegger, Leo asked if the actor wished to step aside in order for the Pope to hear his Confession, to which he replied lightly: “You don’t want to do that – it would take three hours.”
