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POPE LEO XIV CALLS FOR GLOBAL PEACE AND UNITY IN INAUGURAL HOMILY
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Pope Leo XIV has called for unity among the diversities of the world, particularly inter-faith cohesion, in his formal inaugural Homily. The Pontiff emphasized the need for global peace anchored on fair play and equity, saying that the search for enduring and just global peace must be led by a united church. According to Pope Leo XIV, the church must open its hands to the rest of the world and deliberately strive to unite with other faiths and even “those in search of God.” He said, “The church must unite not only its faithful but other faiths and the rest of the global society to build a new world where peace reigns.” The Pope recalled the revolutionary 19th century Pope Leo XIII and his immediate predecessor, Pope Francis, whose death on Easter Monday at 88 years led to his election and today’s Papal inauguration. He emphasized that the heart of the Christian gospel is love, which the church must not only imbibe and demonstrate but also humbly teach the rest of the world by its conduct. Pope Leo XIV urged the church to endeavour, in humility, to introduce the rest of the world to Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Saviour of the world. He also spoke of the injustice to the materially-disadvantaged and said the church must lead the efforts to a more equitable system. The Pope equally condemned the high incidence of violence in the world and called for genuine honest efforts to reverse the trend. He emphasized the need for the church to be guided by honest missionary zeal and not the tendency to cocoon itself in self-righteousness and look down on the rest of society.