The Catholic Church leader is also linked to Angelina Jolie and Hillary Clinton, according to The New York Times.

According to the Rev. John Wauck, professor of church communication at the Pontifical Holy Cross University in Rome, Leo’s clothing choices are a “return to form,” and his attire similar to that worn by Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II and other popes going back to the middle ages.

When the newly elected Pope Leo XIV stepped out on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to greet the crowd, liturgical fashion aficionados around the globe noticed a change. (AP video shot by Dario Artale,