A Concord Pastor’s Front-Row Seat to a New Papacy

McGill Baptist’s interim pastor Steve Harmon traveled to Vatican City as a journalist and witnessed the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope.

Steve Harmon in St. Peter’s Square earlier this year. Photo courtesy of Steve Harmon.

It was a historic moment on May 8, when Robert Prevost was elected to serve as Pope Leo XIV — the first American pope.