Peace, Synodality and the Church for All. Leão XIV promised to continue the legacy of Francisco and the Praça de São Pedro allaudi

The Observer attended the first words of Leo XIV at the São Pedro Square — and witnessed how the main applause were for the promises of continuity in relation to Pope Francis.

Miguel Albuquerque sees in the election of the new Pope, Leão XIV, signs indicating that 3 will follow the same line of Francisco. "There seems to have been an interference of Pope Francis in keeping the same line of his apostle" and therefore "should follow the same line" of Francisco, he Vaticanized. "I think expectations are good," although recognizing as legitimate the many expectations that the Madeirans placed in Cardinal José Tolentino Me…

"We sincerely hope that Pope Leão XIV can continue this relationship of proximity to the poorest, promote peace and dialogue among religions," said the Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and Heads of the Government, Agio Pereira. In the communiqué, Agio Pereira also recalled the "inspirant example of Pope Francis, which marked his pontificate by a humble leadership, close to the peoples and firm in the defence of social justi…

And Leão XVI has already proved that "we are not going to lose Francisco's heritage." But there are tensions - and attention to 2028

Before and after being elected pope, Jorge Bergoglio played a central role in the politics of his country of birth. Sol Prieto, who has been studying his figure for years, recalls that many Argentine leaders tried to appropriate his legitimacy, but none of them did it at all, in part because the transfer of religious charisma to politics is not easy and in part because he himself...Continue reading...