Pope Liu XIV, the first Pope in North America in history, said on Friday that his election was a cross and a blessing while he was celebrating his first Mass in the Sistine Church.
Liu talked about the English language to the Cardinals who elected him to lead the Catholic Church and follow the footsteps of Pope Francis for social justice. He recognized the great responsibility they put on him before presenting it in summary, but heavily on the need to spread Christianity with joy in a world that makes fun of it a lot.
He said: “I called me to carry this cross and bless this task, and I know that I can rely on each of you to walk with me while we continue as a church, as a society, as Jesus’ friends, as believers, to announce good news to announce the Bible.”
In the same mural, Leo, the missionary Augustine born in Chicago Robert Brevost, was elected on Thursday afternoon as the Pope 267, overcoming the traditional ban against the Pope from the United States.
A block may indicate its priorities
Two women delivered the readings of the Bible at the beginning of the Mass, and perhaps an indication of Liu’s intention to follow the priority of Francis to expand the role of women in the church. As Cardinal, Liu put in practice one of the most revolutionary reforms of Francis by making three women serve in the Board of Directors that nominates the bishop.
In his conversation in the semi -perfect Italian, Leo expressed that the Christian faith in many parts of the world “is ridiculous”, and mocked or opposed it when there were temptations such as money, success and power. I complained that in many places, Jesus’ understanding of “was reduced to a kind of charismatic leader or Superman.”
“This is true not only among non -believers, but also among many baptized Christians, who end up living, at this level, in a state of practical atheism,” he said. “However, specifically for this reason, they are places that are desperately needed for missionary communication. Often the lack of faith is accompanied by a tragic way of losing meaning in life, neglecting mercy, horrific violations of human dignity, the family crisis and many other wounds that affect our society.”
Cardinate clap as the bloc concluded. Liu was seen wearing simple black shoes, not the red hanging of the Babyla that some traditional popes prefer.
Francis was his eye on the new Pope
Francis, the first Pope in Latin America, was clearly watched that he was in many ways that his heir saw clearly. He sent Prevost, who spent years in Peru, to take over a complex diocese there in 2014.
Since his arrival in Rome, Prevost has kept a low general definition file but has been known to men who count and respect by those who worked with him. Miscellaneous, he presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms made by Francis, when he added three women to the voting bloc that decides the nominations of the bishop that must be sent to the Pope.
In an interview in 2023 with the Vatican News, a catastrophe at the time said that women had affected this process and emphasized the need for secular to have a greater role in the church.
“Even the bishops of Peru called him the saint, the saint of the north, and he had time for everyone.”
Pope Augustine
The last of the Pope who took the name of Liu is Liu XIII, an Italian who led the church from 1878 to 1903. Leo relieved the position of the church’s confrontation towards modernity, especially science and politics, and laying the basis for modern Catholic social thought. His most famous encyclopedia, Rerum Novarum, threw the rights of workers and capitalism at the beginning of the industrial revolution and was highlighted by the Vatican in explaining the choice of the new Pope.
Liu was also close relations with the Ugstani regime: rebuilding an ancient Augustine Church and its monastery near his hometown in Carbinito, outside Rome, which is still being used by the new Pope’s order today.
Vatican observers said that the Brevost’s decision to name himself Liu was especially important given the Leo’s former legacy in social justice and reform, indicating continuity with some major concerns of Francis. Specifically, Leo cited one of the main priorities of Francis to make the Catholic Church more interested in the situation of people and a comprehensive, a process known as the synod.
“His elections can send a message to the American Church, which was badly divided between conservatives and progressive, with a lot of right-wing opposition to French coming from there,” said that he continues a lot from the Francis Ministry. ”
“I think it would be exciting to see a different type of American Catholicism in Rome,” said Imparatori-LE.
Liu said in an interview with her in 2023 with the Vatican news that polarization in the church was a wound that needed to heal.
He said: “Divisions and controversy in the church do not help anything. We bishops must accelerate this movement towards unity, towards the company in the church.”
Liu’s brother, John Brevost, was so shocked that his brother was so elected that he had missed many phone calls from Liu during an interview on Thursday with Associated Press. The Pope again called and told him that he was not interested in being part of the interview.
John Privost described his brother, who admires Wordle, as very worried for the poor and those who have no voice. He said he expected to be “Pope Francis II”.
“The far left will not be on the far left and will not be the far right,” he added. “A kind of right in the middle.”
We look forward
In his early hours, Liu returned to his old apartment at Santofizio Palace to see colleagues, according to personal photos published on social media. As the Vatican media showed it at the moments after you prayed at the Pauline Church before appearing on Loggia.
On Sunday, Matteo Brunei, Matteo Brunei, said, will connect the first blessing from Logia Saint Peter and an audience with the media on Monday in the Vatican Hall.
Moreover, it has a possible foreign trip at the end of May: Francis was invited to travel to Türkiye to celebrate the 1700th anniversary of the first Nicaea Council, a historical event in Christian history and an important moment in the Holox Catholic relations.
The new Pope was the former general, or his leader, to the order of Saint Augustine, which was formed in the thirteenth century as a “contestant” monks – allocated to poverty, service and preaching. The Vatican News said that Liu was the first Augustine Pope.