{"id":65258,"date":"2025-06-20T06:33:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T06:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=65258"},"modified":"2025-06-20T06:33:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T06:33:04","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=65258","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV"},"content":{"rendered":"
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He called for the world\u2019s 1.4 billion Catholics to embrace a \u201cmissionary spirit,\u201d rather than closing themselves off \u201cin our small groups.\u201d He called for the faithful to discard feelings of being \u201csuperior to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are called to offer God\u2019s love to everyone, in order to achieve that unity which does not cancel out differences but values the personal history of each person and the social and religious culture of every people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Attendees at the mass, which marks the official beginning of Leo\u2019s papacy, included Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, along with other political figures and religious dignitaries.<\/p>\n

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Australian Prime Minster Anthony Albanese were in attendance. And representatives of the Ecumenical, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Zoroastrian and Jain churches were there, the Vatican\u2019s Holy See press office said.<\/p>\n

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Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy greeted each other and shook hands prior to the mass. The Vatican said later Sunday that the pope had held a private audience with Zelenskyy and his wife in the Vatican. The pope met with Peruvian President Dina Boluarte prior to the mass, the Vatican said.<\/p>\n

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Leo, who was formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, is a 69-year-old native of Chicago, Illinois. Elected on May 8, he\u2019s the first American to lead the church.<\/p>\n

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During the ceremony, Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle presented Leo with his Ring of the Fisherman. Leo will wear that ring, which celebrates Saint Peter, who was the first pope, throughout his papacy.<\/p>\n

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Pope Francis, Leo\u2019s predecessor, died on April 21, after he was discharged from a weeks-long hospital stay. The newly installed pontiff also paid tribute to him, saying on Sunday his death \u201cfilled our hears with sadness.\u201d<\/p>\n

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And he gave some insight into the papal conclave that saw him elected earlier this month.<\/p>\n

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As 133 cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel, they \u201ccould feel the working of the Holy Spirit,\u201d Leo told the crowd on Sunday, adding that the spirit \u201cwas able to bring us into harmony, like musical instruments, so that our heartstrings could vibrate in a single melody.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was chosen, without any merit of my own, and now, with fear and trembling, I come to you as a brother,\u201d he said, \u201cwho desires to be the servant of your faith and your joy, walking with you on the path of God\u2019s love, for he wants us all to be united in one family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By the time the Regina Caeli Prayer was to be read, toward the end of the mass, the crowds in the square and those lining the surrounding streets had swelled to some 200,000 people, according to the Vatican\u2019s press office.<\/p>\n

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Leo, in remarks before the prayer, offered a warm welcome to those thousands, thanking many for making pilgrimages from far afield. He said he had during mass \u201cstrongly felt the spiritual presence of Pope Francis accompanying us from heaven.\u201d And he closed by urging the faithful to \u201csupport and comfort for those who suffer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the joy of faith and communion, we cannot forget our brothers and sisters who are suffering because of war,\u201d he said. \u201cIn Gaza, the surviving children, families and elderly are reduced to starvation. In Myanmar, new hostilities have cut short innocent young lives. Finally, war-torn Ukraine awaits negotiations for a just and lasting peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

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