Duration The inauguration mass of Sunday, Pope Leo XIV requested a “united church” to foster peace through the world and for the faithful “to walk to God and love each other.”
By greeting hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, world leaders and representatives of several Christian denominations, Pope Leo XIV marked the beginning of his Mass of the Ministry of Petroleum in the Plaza de San Pedro in which the Gospel was proclaimed in Greek and Latin.
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Ciudad del Vaticano, Vatican, May 18: Pope Leo XIV arrives, greets the public before the Mass for the inauguration of his pontificate in the Plaza de San Pedro in El Vaticano, on May 18, 2025. (Photo by Riccardo de Luca/Anadolu images)
It was also seen that Pope Leo was emotional visible when he turned to Cardinal Tagle, the fisherman’s ring, which carries the image of St. Peter with the kingdom of heaven and the network that the miracle of the fish was used. As the successor of San Pedro, each new Pope receives his own fishermen’s ring, symbolizing the continuous connection with the first papacy and the duty delivered to lead the faithful.
Cardinal Filipino Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle puts the fisherman’s ring on a finger of Pope Leo XIV a mass for the beginning of his pontificate, in St Peter’s Square in the Vatican on May 18, 2025.
In his homily, the Augustinian priest and former former general of the Order of San Agustín, with an appointment of the seminal work of the theologian of the fourth century Confessions: “Lord, you have done us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.”
Pope Leo told the hundreds of thousands gathered: “I was chosen, without any merit, and now, with fear and trembling, I come to you as a brother, who wishes to be the servant of your faith and your desire on the way, for you for you, for you? The rollos love, the family.
The Vicar of Christ said that his “first great desire” is that a “united church” in front of “hate, violence, prejudice, fear of difference and an economic paradigm that exploits the resources of the earth and marginalizes the poorest.”
“For our part, we want to be a small yeast of unity, communion and fraternity within the world. We want to tell the world, with humility and joy: Look at Christ! Accept it more!
TOPHOT – A general view shows people who attend a Holy Mass directed by Pope Leo XIV for the beginning of his pontificate, in the Plaza de San Pedro in El Vaticano on May 18, 2025.
The call to unity occurs amid divisions on the direction of the Catholic Church after the liberal papacy of Pope Francis, who directed the Church from 2013 to his death in April. The conservatives of Francis’s comments, perceived as supporting mass migration and in support of the LGBTQ+movement. The divisions also remain on the theme of the traditional Latin mass, which was restricted under Pope Francis.
“It is never a matter of capturing others by force, by religious propaganda or through power. On the other hand, it is always and only a matter of love like Jesus,” Leo said, adding: “In addition, if the rock is the obligation of Christ to put Beppherd autocrats, who expressed it on those who introduced themselves with him.”
The Pope, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, also refers to his predecessor Pope Leo XIII, whom he chose his papal name in honor of the Encyclical of 1981 Rerum novarum (About new things), which addressed economic and social agitation completely in the midst of the industrial revolution.
Vatican City, Vatican 18: The supporters pray the duration of the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV in the Plaza de San Pedro on May 18, 2025 in the city of the Vatican, Vatican. Pope Leo XIV (previously Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost) presides over his inauguration mass in the Plaza de San Pedro after his choice on May 8. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
While his predecessor established the need for the rich and hardworking class to meet in harmony and reject violent envy of Marxism and the greed of capitalism without restrictions, Pope Leo XIV has said that the Church must be in the lead and define potential dignity. “
“Brothers and sisters, this is the time of love! The heart of the Gospel is the love of God that makes us brothers and sisters. With my predecessor Leo XIII, we can ask Ilelves today: if this criterion” was prioritized, should it be? Sunday, citing directly from Rerum novarum.
May 18, 2025, Vatican, Vatikanstadt: The new Pope Leo XIV meets the ring of a fisherman and the canopy at its inauguration in the Plaza de San Pedro. The American Robert Francis Prevost is the first pontiff of the United States. Photo: Michael Kappeler/DPA (Photo by Michael Kappeler/Picture Alliance through Getty Images)
Drawing on his decades-long indeavor or missionary work in sum of the poorest regions of peru, Leo declared: “With the light and the Strongth of the Holy Spirit, let us Build a Church Founded on God’s Love, to Sign of The Mission, Proof Thattary That, that Thattary Thattary, Thattary, Thattary Thattary, Thattary, Thattary, Thattary, Thattary, Thattary, Thattary, Allows Iself to be ‘restless’ by history, and becomes a yeast of harmony for humanity.
“This is the way to continue together, among the coatings, but also with the Christian sister churches, with those who follow other religious paths, with those who seek God, with all women and men of good will, to build a world!”
Vatican City, Vatican – May 18: From the right, vice president JD Vance and the second lady Usha Vance, brother of Pope Leo XIV, Louis Prevost and his wife Deborah, attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV pontacted in alone, alone, alone, alone, alone, alone, Sol. The United States vice president, JD Vance, is in Rome to attend the opening mass of Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican. (Photo of Jacquelyn Martin – Pool/Getty Images)
At the end of the Mass, Pope Leo XIV o’clock Regina Caeli and requested the end of conflicts around the world and expressed her pain for those who suffered in the war.
“In the joy of faith and communion, we cannot forget our brothers and sisters who suffer from war,” Hey said.
Vatican City, Vatican – May 18: (Editor’s note: Strictly use striction sun alone – without marketing). Pope Leo XIV meets with the president of Ukraine Volodyymyr Zenskyy at the end of the opening mass in the Plaza de San Pedro on May 18, 2025 in the city of the Vatican, Vatican. Pope Leo XIV (formerly Robert Francis Prevost) presides over his opening mass in the Plaza de San Pedro after his choice on May 8. (Photo of Vatican Media through Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
The Pope pointed out the suffering of the “surviving children, families and the elderly” in Gaza, the “new hostilities have shortened innocent young lives” in Myanmar, and the “Martiron Ukraine expects negotiations for a fair and lasting rhythm.”
After the Mass, the Pope with Privatelly with the Ukrainian President Volodyymyr Zensky, who attended the service with his wife. Before Mass, the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, who also attended Sunday along with the vice president of Catholic convert JD Vance, suggested that the Vatican could enhance enhanced as a mediator to help end the war with Russia.
