Being a good shepherd means being able to accompany God's p… - Leo XIV

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Being a good shepherd means being able to accompany God's people and live close to them, not being isolated. Pope Francis has said this clearly many times. He does not want bishops who live in palaces. He wants bishops who live in relationship with God, with the rest of the episcopate, with priests and, above all, with the people of God in a way that reflects the compassion and love of Christ, creating community, learning to live what it means to be part of the Church in an integral way that includes much listening and dialogue.

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Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost, September 14, 1955) is a Peruvian-American Catholic prelate who has been head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 8 May 2025. He served as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America since 2023. He previously served as Bishop of Chiclayo in Peru from 2015 to 2023, and was prior general of the Order of Saint Augustine from 2001 to 2013. In 2015 Cardinal Prevost became a naturalized citizen of Peru as confirmed by Peru's National Civil Registry. On May 8, 2025, he was elected Pope, choosing the papal name Leo XIV. He is the first Pope to have been born in the United States, the first from North America as a whole, and the first Pope belonging to the Order of Saint Augustine .

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Birth Name: Robert Francis Prevost

Native Name: Leo PP. XIV

Alternative Names: Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost • Cardinal Robert Prevost • Cardinal Prevost • Pope Leo XIV • Robert F. Prevost • Robert Prevost • Robert Francis Prevost Martínez • Bob Prevost • Roberto Prevost

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Trusting in the assistance of the almighty, I pledge to continue and strengthen the Church’s dialogue and cooperation with the Jewish people in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council’s declaration Nostea Aetate.

La carità di Dio che ci rende fratelli tra di noi è il cuore del Vangelo e, con Leone XIII, oggi possiamo chiederci: se questo criterio «prevalesse nel mondo, non cesserebbe subito ogni dissidio e non tornerebbe forse la pace?» (Lett. enc. Rerum novarum, 21). Con la luce e la forza dello Spirito Santo, costruiamo una Chiesa fondata sull’amore di Dio e segno di unità, una Chiesa missionaria, che apre le braccia al mondo, che annuncia la Parola, che si lascia inquietare dalla storia, e che diventa lievito di concordia per l’umanità. Insieme, come unico popolo, come fratelli tutti, camminiamo incontro a Dio e amiamoci a vicenda tra di noi.

To all of you, brothers and sisters of Rome, of Italy, of the whole world, we want to be a synodal Church, a Church that walks, a Church that always seeks peace, that always seeks charity, which always seeks to be close especially to those who suffer.

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