Audience Pope Leo XIV meets the world press / Live video Vatican: towards the enthronement of Prevost

He is making it clear with his simple testimony in all these first appearances after his election in the Conclave: Pope Leo XIV intends to bring the simplicity of the Christian message back to the center of the Church, communicating the " strength" of Christ and the Madonna in the guidance of the Holy Spirit despite the "personality" of the successor of Saint Peter . And so today in the meeting with the world press, the crux of Pope Prevost will be precisely that desire to reiterate that the announcement of faith in Jesus is the first and only message from which everything else comes and flows in the complex and delicate role of Pontiff.

After the long weeks that began with Pope Francis' hospitalization at the Gemelli hospital in Rome , then his convalescence, his return to public life just before Easter and the sudden announcement of his death, the world press has been "guarding" the Vatican and the city of Rome for months, with obviously the last frenetic days of funerals, congregations, Conclave and white smoke for the election of Leo XIV. And so in his already very busy agenda as Pontiff of the Holy Roman Church , in his first week as Pope in office, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost wanted to pay homage to and greet the many delegations of journalists and communicators who have served in these weeks of extensive coverage of events at the Holy See.

After the Urbi et Orbi Blessing following the Habemus Papam and after the Holy Mass in the Sistine Chapel , Leo XIV's first weekend as Pontiff has already seen him as the protagonist with some appearances and surprises in the Capital, culminating with the Holy Mass in the Vatican crypts and the Regina Coeli from the central Loggia on the Fourth Sunday of Easter . Today, coinciding with the reopening of the Sistine Chapel after the closure of the Conclave, Pope Leo XIV will welcome the world press in the Paul VI Hall in the morning: his speech will, as always, be possible to follow live on TV and video streaming on the ad hoc channels of Vatican News.

On Sunday, the Holy Father also removed the seals of the Apostolic Palace, another of the events scheduled after his appointment as the new successor of Saint Peter: from now on, the offices and functioning of the Holy See will once again be fully operational, even if the confirmation of all the roles in the Dicasteries is provisional for the moment, pending a customary reflection that each Pontiff normally takes in the first few months to make any changes to the Vatican's organizational chart.

While we wait to understand what message Pope Leo XIV intends to address today to the world press, the echo of the important appeals made yesterday before and after the recitation of the Regina Coeli still remains in the wake: from that " never again war" to the invitation of faith for the vocation of young people (" do not be afraid !"), with further appeals for peace for the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. The role of the media is precious in amplifying the messages arranged by the Holy See and therefore Pope Prevost sets a meeting of this kind among the very first appointments of his Pontificate, scheduled for today, May 12, 2025, during the morning.

Next Friday, May 16, the event with the Diplomatic Corps of the Catholic Church is scheduled, while on Sunday May 18 the eyes of the world will once again return to Rome with the Holy Mass marking the beginning of the Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV: it is then in the following week that the process of “enthronement” of the Holy Father who succeeded Francis will be completed.

First with the “taking” possession of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (Tuesday 20), the General Audience of May 21 and finally on Sunday 25 May the entrance into Saint John Lateran (the true seat of the bishop of Rome, namely the Pope) and Saint Mary Major , where the remains of Jorge Mario Bergoglio rest. The rite includes sitting on the chair of Peter as vicar of Christ, with the symbolic act of “crushing” the step in bas-relief to ideally defeat evil and sin in the world. From that moment on, for all intents and purposes, the successor of Peter is to all intents and purposes the Pope of the world Church.

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