Pope Leo XIV began his pontificate With a Mass in the Sistine Chapel with the cardinals who chose it. In his first homily as the high pontiff he recalled the Pope Francis and called A. “Give testimony of faith.” He also stressed that “The Church must be a lighthouse in the world.”
“This is the world that has been entrusted to us, in which, as Pope Francis has taught us, we are called to testify to our joyful faith in Jesus Salvador”said Leo XIV in his first homily at the Pro Ecclesia Mass in the Sistine Chapel. And he completed that it is essential to repeat: “You are the Christ, the Son of God Living” (Mt 16,16). It is essential to do, above all, in our personal relationship with him, in the commitment of a daily conversion path. But also, as a church, living together our belonging to the Lord and taking the good news to all, “he said.
He also argued that LTo church it must be a lighthouse that illuminates the nights of the world. “In particular, God, calling me through your vote to happen to the first of the apostles, this treasure entrusts me so that, with his help, it is his faithful administrator for the benefit of the entire mystical body of the Church; so that it is increasingn lighthouse that illuminates the nights of the world. “
The first Mass of Pope Leo XIV
The new leader of the Catholic Church held his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel and surprised to wear the chasuulla with the symbols of the Cruz de Collemaggio, reference basilica of the celestine forgiveness. La Casulla was donated to Francisco in L’Aquila and then delivered to Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi.
During his first Mass, Leo XIV called to recover the faith: “Even today there are many contexts in which Christian faith is considered something absurd, for weak and unintelling people; Contexts in which other assurances are preferred, such as technology, money, success, power, pleasure. ”
According to the new Supreme Pontiff, the lack of faith “often leads to dramas such as the Loss of the meaning of life, The oblivion of mercy, the violation of the dignity of the person In its most dramatic forms, the family crisis and so many other wounds that our society suffers and not little. “
An emotional part of his first act as leader of the Catholic Church was the memory of his predecessor, Francisco, whom he cited in different passages of the Mass: “This is the world that has been entrusted to us, in which, as Pope Francis has taught us so many timeswe are called to testify to our joyful faith in Jesus Salvador. “
The Leo XIV Agenda
After being appointed potato and providing your first mass, Leo XIV will go in a series of meetings and acts to begin his pontificate.
Thus, the American will direct, on Sunday, May 11, his first prayer of the Regina Coeli from the Apostolic Palace window, at 7 (Argentine time). This will be a special moment that will congregate thousands of pilgrims.
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Then, on Monday at 5, Argentine time, the new Pope will have a conversation with journalists in the Pablo VI hall of the Vatican.
The most important event of its first weeks as the new leader of the Catholic Church will be the Official Pontificate Mass, where the American will be enthroned in front of The presence of delegations from all over the world. From the Vatican confirmed that it will take place on May 18 from 10:00, Italy time.
Will subtract if the Argentine delegation will finally be present – as they had advanced from Casa Rosada – since The enthronement will take place on the same day of the legislative elections in the city of Buenos Aires, Where freedom progresses strongly for his candidate, the presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni, the Pro Ganeada.
Source: Ambito
