Papal Transition

Pope’s installation Mass will mark the visible and public start of his pontificate while grounding it in the church’s apostolic continuity.

The first post on the “Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex” account on X was released May 14 and was a quote from his inaugural greeting to the public May 8.

“Religions and interreligious dialogue can make a fundamental contribution to fostering a climate of peace,” the pope said.

“We believe that the visit of the pope could contribute to stopping the war in Ukraine,” Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk said in a statement.

How striking it was to hear the first words of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate. They surprised, in no small part of course, because the world had never heard before from …

“Nostra Aetate” affirmed the church’s spiritual kinship with the Jewish people while denouncing all forms of antisemitism.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Both Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV on May 18, the vice president’s office …

“This right here is bringing us peace. We’re having prayer. People are coming by having prayer. The community is talking.”

“An aspect of the Lasallian reality that I consider important is teaching lived as ministry and mission,” Pope LEO XIV said.

The Augustinian spirituality has been a subtle undercurrent in the first days of the pontificate of Pope Leo.