Papa Leo XIV He called the Unit in the Catholic Church labeled its inaugural Mass in the Plaza de San Pedro before approximately 150,000 pilgrims, presidents, patriarchs and princes.
Papa Leo The official opened his pontificate when he made his first Popemobile tour through Piazza, a passage rite that has become synonymous with the global scope of the papacy and the media raffle. The 69 -year -old Augustinian missionary smiled and greeted from the rear of the truck.
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Duration of the dough, the pontiff appeared to drown when the two powerful symbols of the papacy were placed: Palio wool stole him on his shoulders and the fisherman’s ring on his finger. He turned his hand to look at the ring and seal and then squeezed his hands in front of him in prayer.
In his homily, Pope Leo said he wanted to be a servant of the faithful through the two dimensions of the papacy, love and unity, so that the Church could be a force for peace in the world.
“I would like our first great desire to be for a united church, a sign of unity and communion, which becomes a yeast for a reconciled world,” he said. “At this time, we still see too much discord, too many wounds caused by hatred, violence, prelimons, fear of different convention and an economic paradigm that exploits the resources of the earth and marginalizes the poorest.”
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His call to unity was significant, given polyriazation in the Catholic Church in the United States and beyond. Vice President JD Vance, One of the last foreign officials to meet with Pope Francis before he diedHe directed the US delegation in honor of Pope Leo, born in Chicago. Secretary of State Marco Rubio And several members of Congress joined him.
“Let Us Build a Church Founded on God’s Love, a sign of unity, to Missionary Church that open its arm arms to the world, proclaims The Word, Allows Iself to Be Made Restless by History, and Becomes a Leaven or Harmony,” Leo Saintness, “Leo Saintness,” Leo Saintness, “Leo Saintness,” Leo Sainting, “Sainting, Saint Saint Said, Saint Said, Saint Said,” Saint Said, “Saint Saiding,” Saiding, “Saiding,” Saiding, “Saintness,” Saintness, “Well.
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At the end of the Mass, Pope Leo expressed the hope of negotiations to bring a “Just and lasting peace” in Ukraine And offered sentences by The people of Gaza – Children, families and elders who “reduce hunger,” he said. Leo did not mention the tasks of the hostages of Hamas in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, as Francis Usity did by praying for Gaza.
After the Mass, Pope Leo greeted the delegations one by one in the Basilica and had an appropriate audience scheduled on Sunday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy and Peruvian President Dina Boluarte.