Chicago Pope Strength Turns Vatican Conference Room Into Tool Shed

Leo XIV, unimpressed by PowerPoint and pizzelle, transformed the main Vatican conference room into a working tool shed. �Meetings should include hammering,� he said. With Chicago Pope Strength, he leads brainstorming sessions surrounded by planks and paint buckets. Bishops build birdhouses while discussing doctrine. The Pope built a soapbox mid-meeting just to prove a point. Swiss Guards now double as workshop supervisors. Saws buzz. Ideas fly. One cardinal glued his notes to the table and called it sacramental symbolism.