Dear readers friendswe are slowly learning about Pope Leone XIV. In a few days he made several speeches, from which the themes that care about him are gradually emerging.
In the Pontificate beginning mass, Sunday 18 Mayprogrammately spoke of his idea of the Petrine Ministry («Not a lonely leader», But”servant of your faith and your joy») And of the Church, who dreams”unit, a sign of unity and communion, which becomes ferment for a reconciled world“,”founded on the love of God” And “missionary, who opens his arms to the world, who announces the word, who lets himself be worried by history».
Peace It is certainly another of the themes that are to the heart of Pope Leo XIV (See services on pag. 20-23). Already looking out for the blessing Urbi et orbi After the election, he mentioned it well 10 times. And in just 11 days, it has returned above several times:
– In the speech to communication operators, Monday 11 Mayappointing it 5 times and underlining that it is gift of the Risen Christbut also that “It begins with each of us: from the way we look at others, we listen to others, let’s talk about others»;
– In the speech to the diplomatic body, May 16thhe mentioned it 11 times and described it as a “Active, engaging gift, which affects and engages each of us“And that”First of all requires work on oneself».
Peace It is not only a political question e There is no peace without our collaborationwithout everyone doing their part, because peace “It is built in the heart and starting from the heart». So, grace (gift of God) and human freedom They go together.
“Truth” It is another important word for Pope Leone. A word a little discredited by a certain use that makes a kind of club to impose its vision, perhaps even religious.
Always speaking to the diplomatic body, he said that “In the Christian perspective, the truth is not the affirmation of abstract and disengaged principles, but the encounter with the person of Christ, who lives in the community of believers». And that the truth “It is never disjointed by charity, which always has the concern for the life and good of every man and woman at the root».
Speaking to the Centesimus annus pro pontifice Foundation (May 17th), about “doctrine” (another discredited word he focused on) explained that it is “a common path, choral and even multidisciplinary towards the truth“And that”Each doctrine recognizes the result of research and therefore of hypotheses, voices, advances and failures, through which it tries to transmit reliable, orderly and systematic knowledge on a specific issue».
There truth In short is not static possession and the doctrine it is not indoctrination.
These are words with which Pope Leo XIV leads us to appreciate that “rich heritage of the Christian faith»Evoked in the Mass of 18 May And that every successor of Peter is called to keep. But it will do so without forgetting the ability of “throw away the distant gaze, to meet the questions, anxieties and challenges of today».
Among these, on the front line, he has returned several times on theartificial intelligencewhich today constitutes the border of new and large challenges.
The gaze laid on Christas he said in that same mass, but also on the events of this world. A spiritual lesson for our daily life.
(photo above: ANSA)
