Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the niece of former President John F. Kennedy, who was the first Roman Catholic U.S. president, reflected on Pope Leo XIV’s first speech as a pontiff.

Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kennedy Townsend, who is the eldest daughter of the late U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, said his words connected with present trials across the world.

“He's a pope for peace. He said, All of us are equal. All of us are special under God. We're all children of God. So he's saying to each person, I love you. God loves you,” she said during a Thursday appearance on News Nation’s “The Hill.”

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