内容摘要：“For most people, it’s really about understanding how much money is coming in and where it’s going,” added Sotir.

“For most people, it’s really about understanding how much money is coming in and where it’s going,” added Sotir.

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives for his first weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives for his first weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

“When the name of the pope was announced, my phone rings and my son tells me, ’Dad, it’s Robert! Robert, our member!’” Francesco Tamburlani, the owner of the gym, said in an interview. “I heard the gym staff behind him cheering. ... This moved us, filled us with joy.”A typical workout for someone of Prevost’s age, 69, was a mere warm-up for the little-known American cardinal, according to Valerio Masella, his personal trainer. Although it is hard to define an age group for personalized programs, Prevost’s plan was more befitting of men aged 50-55. Masella would train him two or three times a week in sessions lasting up to an hour.So, how much does the pope bench? Masella can’t speak to his papal power, since Prevost was focused on posture and cardiovascular capacity. He ran on his favorite treadmill that faces a mural featuring famous local landmarks, among them St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.

“We would start off slow and then go pretty strong, I must say. Especially a lot of resistance on the exercise bike, a very strong climb,” Masella said.Personal trainer Valerio Masella, 26, who trained Robert Francis Prevost before the cardinal became Pope Leo XIV, helps his colleague Giorgio Vaccarella in his gym near the Vatican, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Personal trainer Valerio Masella, 26, who trained Robert Francis Prevost before the cardinal became Pope Leo XIV, helps his colleague Giorgio Vaccarella in his gym near the Vatican, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Throughout their two-year training, Masella never knew Prevost was a cardinal, nor did he hear him utter a discouraging word.The wetlands in the world’s hottest region were thought beyond resurrection.

Weisman writes that to Alwash, however, “impossible often masks a lack of imagination.” He marshaled the resources to restore much of the wetlands and a miracle followed: wildlife returned..Some of Weisman’s chapters will make readers wish they had paid more attention in high school science and chemistry classes.

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have made astonishing progress in developing commercial-scale fusion energy that could produce great quantities of clean energy. Such breakthroughs are critical on a planet now dependent on fossil fuels, which produce carbon dioxide that traps heat in the atmosphere.To those who scoff at mentions of human-caused environmental catastrophe as a hoax or fake news, consider this: Weisman’s bibliography runs 74 pages. And the type is small. He spent several years researching and reporting on this book and visited a dozen countries.