{"id":5308,"date":"2025-05-09T16:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T11:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=5308"},"modified":"2025-05-09T16:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T11:01:06","slug":"in-his-first-appearance-pope-leo-offers-three-big-clues-about-his-papacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=5308","title":{"rendered":"In his first appearance, Pope Leo offers three big clues about his papacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is first US pope.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In first moments, new pope offers hints about his papacy.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Last Pope Leo, 1878-1903, was an advocate for worker&#8217;s rights.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From his first moments on the balcony of St Peter&#8217;s Basilica, Pope Leo XIV gave three important clues about what kind of leader of the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church he will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leo, formerly United States Cardinal Robert Prevost, was elected by the world&#8217;s cardinals on Thursday as the new pope on the second day of the conclave to choose a successor to Pope Francis, who died last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is the first pope from the US but holds dual citizenship in Peru, where he was a missionary for decades before becoming a cardinal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leo&#8217;s first clue was his choice of name. Popes often use this choice to send their first major signal about the priorities of their new papacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Francis took his name from the 13th-century St Francis of Assisi, who rejected wealth and wanted to care for the poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last pope to take the name Leo, Leo XIII, focused much of his 1878-1903 papacy on advocating for the rights of workers, calling for fair pay, fair working conditions, and the right to join unions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;By picking the name Leo XIV, he shows he is committed to the social teaching of the church,&#8221; said Rev Thomas Reese, a Jesuit commentator who follows the papacy closely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;La pace sia con tutti voi!&#8221; (Peace be with you!), Leo&#8217;s first words in public, echoed the ones Catholics use in their celebrations but also offered an immediate message of peace in a world riven with conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before heading into the secret conclave on May 7, the world&#8217;s cardinals issued a statement lamenting the conflicts &#8220;in Ukraine, the Middle East, and many other parts of the world&#8221; and making a &#8220;heartfelt appeal&#8221; for peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new pope said he wanted to share God&#8217;s peace, calling it &#8220;a disarmed peace and a disarming peace&#8221; that is &#8220;humble and persevering.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leo also mentioned Francis, who offered his last blessing to crowds in Rome on Easter Sunday, the day before he died of a stroke after battling double pneumonia for weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We still have in our ears that weak, but always courageous voice of Pope Francis,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leo asked permission to offer the same blessing Francis used just a few weeks ago, saying: &#8220;God loves us, God loves everyone, and evil will not prevail. We are in the hands of God.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leo&#8217;s third clue was in his choice of attire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike Francis, who spurned all the trappings of the papacy including on the first day he was elected in 2013, Leo wore a traditional red papal garment over his white cassock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Leo follows in the tradition of Francis, he signalled he is a new, and different, pope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From his first moments on the balcony of St Peter&#8217;s Basilica, Pope Leo XIV gave three important clues about what kind of leader of the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church he will be. 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