Transcript of Cardinal Robert Prevost’s first speech as Pope Leo XIV

Cardinal Robert Prevost made his first speech as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, shortly after being elected pontiff. Under is a transcript of the speech, translated from its unique Italian.

Peace be with all of you!
Dearest brothers and sisters, that is the primary greeting of the Risen Christ, the great shepherd who gave his life for God’s flock.

I, too, would love this greeting of peace to enter your hearts, to succeed in your households, and all folks, wherever they’re, all the folks, all around the earth.

Peace be with you!

That is the peace of the Risen Christ, an unarmed peace and a disarming peace, humble and persevering. It comes from God, God who loves us all unconditionally. We nonetheless have in our ears that weak, however all the time brave voice of Pope Francis as he blessed Rome!

The Pope who blessed Rome, gave his blessing to the world, to your entire world, that Easter morning. Permit me to comply with up on that very same blessing: God loves us, God loves you all, and evil won’t prevail!

We’re all within the fingers of God.

Due to this fact, with out concern, united hand in hand with God and amongst ourselves, we transfer ahead. We’re disciples of Christ.

Christ precedes us. The world wants his mild. Humanity wants him because the bridge to permits it to be reached by God and by his love.

Assist us, too, and assist one another to construct bridges, with dialogue, with conferences, uniting us all to be one folks, all the time in peace. Thanks, Pope Francis! I additionally need to thank all my brother cardinals who’ve chosen me to be Peter’s Successor, and to stroll along with you, as a united Church all the time searching for peace, justice, all the time searching for peace, justice, all the time searching for to work as women and men who
are devoted to Jesus Christ, with out concern, to proclaim the Gospel, to be missionaries.

I’m a son of Saint Augustine, an Augustinian, who mentioned: “with you I am a Christian and for you I am a bishop”. On this sense, we are able to all stroll collectively in direction of that homeland that God has ready for us.

To the Church of Rome, a particular greeting! We should search collectively be a missionary Church, a Church that builds bridges, dialogue, all the time open to obtain like this sq. with its open arms, all, all who want our charity, our presence, dialogue and love.

And for those who permit me a phrase, a greeting to all and particularly to my beloved diocese of Chiclayo, in Peru, the place a devoted folks accompanied their bishop, shared their religion and gave so, a lot to proceed being a Church that’s devoted to Jesus Christ.

To all of you, brothers and sisters of Rome, of Italy, of the entire world, we need to be a Church of the Synod, a Church that walks, a Church that all the time seeks peace, that all the time seeks charity, that all the time seeks to be shut, particularly to those that endure.

Right this moment is the day of the Supplication to Our Woman of Pompeii. Our Mom Mary all the time needs to stroll with us, to be shut, to assist us together with her intercession and her love. So, I want to pray along with you. Allow us to pray collectively for this new mission, for the entire Church, for peace on the planet and allow us to additionally ask Mary, our Mom, for this particular grace.

Hail Mary…