The January-February issue of Inside the Vatican features a day-by-day account of Pope Leo XIV's very first international apostolic trip — to Turkey (to commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea with the Orthodox) and Lebanon (to bring a message of peace and hope to Lebanon and the entire Middle East). We also bring you an interview with the first bishop appointed and consecrated by Pope Leo, Polish Archbishop Miroslaw Wachowski; news and commentary on the Vatican's recent (and controversial) directives on titles of Mary. And of course, our annual profiles of the Top Ten people of 2025 — "Disciples of the Beatitudes” — including a Sudanese bishop, Michael Didi, who is trying to keep Catholicism alive almost single-handedly in Khartoum; a Catholic wife and mother, Sonia McGarrity, who adopts children with Down Syndrome; and the man who dedicated his lifelong career to capturing four different pontificates on camera, Francesco Sforza.