Pope Leo XIV spent two decades working in Peru’s poorest enclave and appears to be in the mold of Pope Francis — who carried a legacy as “the people’s pope” for his outreach to those on society’s margins.

The new pope took the name of Leo XIV, which could be an indication of the legacy he hopes to leave. It’s a pretty clear shout-out to Leo XIII, the late 19th-century pontiff whose encyclicals laid out a template for a distinctively Catholic social-justice doctrine that opened the Church to more active participation in democratic politics and governance and efforts to improve conditions for workers.