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Leo XIV Continues "Francis' Commitment to a Synodal Church"
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gloria.tv | May 19, 2025
This morning, Pope Leo XIV received schismatic Christians, pagans, and Jews in audience in the Apostolic Palace. They had gathered in Rome for his inauguration.
In his address, he thanked them politely for their presence and prayers, which he said were "of great comfort and encouragement to me."
Pope Leo XIV believes that "one of the strong points of Pope Francis's pontificate has been universal brotherhood."
He claimed that synodality and ecumenism are closely related. "I intend to continue Pope Francis's commitment to promoting the synodal character of the Catholic Church and developing new, concrete forms of ever-more-intense synodality in the ecumenical field."
He continued: "Our common journey can and should also be understood in a broad sense, involving everyone, in the spirit of human brotherhood."
Leo XIV quoted Francis’s 2019 Abu Dhabi document, praising his predecessor for promoting a 'culture of dialogue'.
"So let us be confident, let us not be unprepared, let us not be outflanked, let us be wise, vigilant, fighting against those who are trying to tear the faith out of our souls and morality out of our hearts, so that we may remain Catholics, remain united to the Blessed Virgin Mary, remain united to the Roman Catholic Church, remain faithful children of the Church."- Abp. Lefebvre