NICOLE WINFIELD, of Associated Press, reports that Pope Leo XIV is heading to his summer vacation after a remarkable run of papal decision-making that has left Vatican watchers dizzy… Rome, Italy AP Pope Leo XIV began a summer vacation on Sunday, capping a whirlwind finale to the first half of 2026, in which he emerged as a powerful global statesman on issues from artificial intelligence to war and flexed decisive papal muscle to govern internal church problems.