THE Pope ID has met today (10.05.2025) the total of the Catholic Cardinals and referred to his future work, referring to his predecessor, Pope Francis.
The new Pontiff, Pope Leo, stressed that a particular emphasis should be given to the increase in the synodia, the Church’s missionary work, in full love of the latest and marginalized, and the courageous dialogue with the modern world, with its various realities and aspects.
These are points contained in Pope Francis’ “evangelical encouragement”.
“The Pope, starting with Saint Peter and reaching to me, his unworthy successor, is a humble servant of God and the brothers. Only that.
It was clearly shown by the examples of many of my predecessors, the last of Pope Francis, with the complete dedication to his services and the simple simplicity of life. He was left to God during his mission and was full of serene confidence, at the time of his return to the Father’s house, “said the new Pontiff.
“We make use of this precious heritage and restart again, in the same hope that comes from faith,” Leo added.
With a reference to the name he chose to the Franciscan legacy, the young Pope emphasized: “Feeling that I have to follow these footsteps, I thought of getting the name Leo I ‘.
There are many reasons, but mainly because Pope Leo III, with his historical circular Rerum Novarumfaced social problems in the context of the first industrial revolution.
Today the Church offers everyone its rich social catechism to provide answers to another industrial revolution and the developments of artificial intelligence, which bring about new challenges to defend human dignity, justice and labor. “