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Pope Leo XIV to Cardinals: Church must respond to digital revolution
In his first address to the College of Cardinals, Pope Leo XIV invokes the legacy of both Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIII, saying that he wants the Church to "respond to a new industrial revolution and to the development of artificial intelligence."
Leo XIV, a (pontifical) name that illustrates an entire program.
It is Pope Prevost himself who explains the “main reason” for this choice in his first meeting with the cardinals - all the cardinals of the Sacred College, not just those who elected him in the Conclave - received this morning behind closed doors in the Synod Hall. And that is the clear reference to Leo XIII who, at the end of the 19th century, with the historic encyclical Rerum Novarum “addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution”. Today the Church offers everyone its heritage of social doctrine to respond to another industrial revolution and the developments of artificial intelligence, which bring new challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice and work
In the wake of the Council and with the legacy of Francis
Therefore, a bridge between past and present is this decision of Leo XIII who, looking to the future, in his speech (preceded by a prayer in Latin) illustrates to the cardinals the guidelines of the pontificate just begun: "Truth, justice, peace and fraternity", "principles of the Gospel that have always animated and inspired the life and work of the family of God".
All this in the wake of the Second Vatican Council, to which the Pope asks his closest collaborators for "full adhesion", collecting the strong legacy of Pope Francis who of that historic assembly "recalled and masterfully updated the contents in the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii gaudium".
Of the first apostolic exhortation, the roadmap of Bergoglio’s pontificate, Pope Leo XIV underlines some fundamental instances: “the return to the primacy of Christ in the proclamation”, first of all, then “the missionary conversion of the entire Christian community; growth in collegiality and synodality; attention to the sensus fidei, especially in its most proper and inclusive forms, such as popular piety; loving care for the least and the discarded; courageous and trusting dialogue with the contemporary world in its various components and realities”.
The support of the cardinals
On this journey, the newly elected Pope asks to be accompanied by his brother cardinals, so as to support him “in accepting a yoke clearly far superior to my strength, as to that of anyone”.
Your presence reminds me that the Lord, who entrusted me with this mission, does not leave me alone in carrying its responsibility. I know first of all that I can always count on his help, the help of the Lord, and, by his Grace and Providence, on your closeness and that of so many brothers and sisters throughout the world who believe in God, love the Church and support the Vicar of Christ with prayer and good works. Pope Leo’s gratitude to the cardinals is strong, starting with the dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re, who – he says – “deserves applause, at least one if not more”. His “wisdom”, he adds, “the fruit of a long life and many years of faithful service to the Apostolic See, has helped us greatly in this time”. Thanks also to the camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, Kevin Joseph Farrell, for “the precious and demanding role” carried out during the time of the Sede Vacante and thanks to the cardinals who, for health reasons, “were unable to be present and with you I join them in communion of affection and prayer”. But the Pope addresses his deepest gratitude to his predecessor Francis, whose passing, he says, is to be experienced as “an Easter event”. In this perspective, Leo XIV encourages, “we entrust to the merciful Father and God of all consolation the soul of the deceased Pontiff and the future of the Church”.
"Light Breeze"
The Pope also recalls Francis's "style of full dedication in service and sober essentiality in life, of abandonment to God in the time of the mission and of serene trust in the moment of the return to the House of the Father".
Let us gather this precious legacy and resume the journey, animated by the same hope that comes from faith
"God - adds the Bishop of Rome - loves to communicate himself, more than in the roar of thunder and earthquake, in the whisper of a light breeze or, as some translate, in a subtle voice of silence". It is up to the Pope and the cardinals to become "docile listeners of his voice and faithful ministers of his plans of salvation", so as to "educate and accompany all the holy People of God entrusted to us".
The hope of Paul VI
To conclude his speech, he quoted another Pontiff from the past, Saint Paul VI. Leo XIV makes his own the words of Montini that in 1963, he placed at the beginning of his ministry, and he relaunches a particular wish to the cardinals:
May it pass over the whole world like a great flame of faith and love that lights up all men of good will, illuminates the paths of mutual collaboration, and draws upon humanity, again and again, the abundance of divine complacency, the very strength of God, without whose help, nothing is valid, nothing is holy
After the speech, the meeting with the cardinals continues with a "second part" of sharing "to be able to hear - says the Pope - what advice, suggestions, proposals, very concrete things, which were already spoken about a little in the days before the Conclave".
Greeting from Cardinal Re
Before the Pope, it was Cardinal Re who took the floor and addressed a greeting, in which he immediately recalled "the enthusiasm with which the world welcomed his election as Successor of Peter". “The whole world rejoiced, but we also rejoiced, and I appreciated the joy in Peru, which said: Nuestro Papa, nuestro Papa!”, said the dean. And, on behalf of all the cardinals, he assured the Pontiff of closeness, fidelity, and the desire to collaborate: “Collaborate so that the Church may be an ark of salvation and also a lighthouse in the darkness of the night,” especially in a historical moment in which “the world is gripped by so many wars that do not want to end, unfortunately, despite the deaths and destruction.”
5 comments:
Father McDonald, thank you for this thread.
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From: OSV News
-- Full text of Pope Leo XIV’s address to College of Cardinals
https://www.osvnews.com/full-text-of-pope-leo-xivs-address-to-college-of-cardinals/
Pax.
Mark Thomas
Keep in mind that the Vatican News reporting is speaking through the lens, still, of the idiotic toadying apparatchniks appointed by Francis, who are still in their positions, and whom hopefully will be replaced by actual media pros, rather than current propaganda ministers. Meanwhile, I trust their coverage of what and how things are said the same as I trust CNN coverage of Biden.
Meanwhile, I neither like nor dislike this pope, as I have not a clue as to what manner of pope he will be, past him being a more normal and reasonable churchman who will say what he means and do as he says, rather than being a pathological paranoid ****-stirrer who ignores his own words and rules as did his predecessor, where we now have a pope who at least is not mentally ill.
I believe you suggested as much in your previous post that the new Holy Father will both teach and practice refinement as opposed to destructive cancelation.
Leo seems to be striving for that best of both worlds that I/we have been discussing, orthodoxy, yet liberal. The notion of what that mission could achieve is mind blowing.
I feel the same relief as everyone in being free of an insane pope. I expect he will focus mostly on the external world, as typical of a modern liberal churchman, but never would he tell contemplative orders to get a REAL job.
Insane might be applicable to Francis, mean-spirited too unless you were a pervert
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