Vatican: Introductory ceremony for Pope Leo has started

In the Vatican, the ceremony for the inauguration of Leo XIV started. The pontificate of the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church officially begins. The American prayed at the start of St. Peter’s Basilica at the grave of St. Peter. Then he went out to St. Peter’s Square in a short procession. There he should then receive the insignia of papal power, the fishing ring and the so -called pallium, a kind of scarf.

Several dozen President of the President, heads of government, high -ranking representatives of the Könighausen and other churches have traveled to Rome for his inauguration. On May 8, Leo was voted the successor to Pope Francis by more than 130 cardinals, who died on Easter Monday. As a Pope, Leo XIV is head of 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide.

Leo is expected to address the faithful in his sermon with a personal message. In his introduction in 2013, Leo’s predecessor Franziskus emphasized that the Church of the “poorest, weakest, the slightest” had to take on, and he also appealed to preserve creation. The German Pope Benedict XVI. In 2005 emphasized that the church was young and lively, and Pope John Paul II encouraged the believers in 1978 with the words: “Don’t be afraid!”