{"id":61905,"date":"2025-05-31T05:40:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T05:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=61905"},"modified":"2025-05-31T05:40:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T05:40:04","slug":"pope-leo-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=61905","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-894.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-894.png 512w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-894-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During his swearing-in ceremony at St. Peter\u2019s Square, the first American pope greeted crowds from an open-top popemobile, a move that reminded many of past assassination attempts \u2014 especially the 1981 attack on Pope John Paul II that led to armored popemobiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Security expert Will Geddes noted that while Pope Leo\u2019s team likely had tight control of the area \u2014 including ground and rooftop surveillance \u2014 the lack of bulletproof shielding still posed a serious risk. Geddes explained that, despite strong safety procedures, \u201cthe enemy only has to be lucky once.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Pope Leo XIV Calls for Peace in Ukraine, Gaza During Inauguration Mass | WSJ News\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B6V_zbtK3Ew?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pope Leo\u2019s decision mirrors that of Pope Francis, who also rejected the use of heavy protection to feel more accessible to people. Geddes believes Leo wanted to appear approachable, even amid growing threats. Being both American and a Christian leader in a volatile global climate could make him a symbolic target, especially among extremists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In short, while the decision reflects confidence and a personal philosophy of openness, many experts remain uneasy about the risks involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=61879\">also read&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During his swearing-in ceremony at St. Peter\u2019s Square, the first American pope greeted crowds from an open-top popemobile, a move that reminded many of past assassination attempts&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61908,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61905\/revisions\/61908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}