And we're hearing the bands below, the mutual salute of the anthems, the hymns of the Vatican hymn and the Italian national anthem as we do truish money traditionally at the Eastern and Christmas, as we've mentioned.
And after this, now, Pope Leo XIV, he will give a greeting and impart his first apostolic blessing, the Urbiet Orbi, to the city and to the whole world.
And we're all silent now, waiting his first words.
La pace sia con tutti voi!
Fratelli, sorelle carissimi, questo è il primo saluto del Cristo risorto, il buon pastore che ha dato la vita per il grege di Dio.
Anquío vore que cuesto saluto di pace, entrance ne lostro cuore, rajungese le voestre familie, a tutte le persone, ovunque si ano, a tutti popoli,
We're just hearing the first words of Pope Leo XIV.
As he continues, we'll provide a summary here in just a moment.
As we listen to his words, he's asked everyone to bring us to peace disarmante, a peace that is disarming and humble and persevering.
comes from God, God who loves all of us without any limits and conditions.
And we still have the sound in our ears of the weak voice of Pope Francis, who is blessing Rome here.
We have that fresh in our minds, in our hearts, in our ears, hearing his voice and giving his blessing to the world on that morning, on that day of Easter Sunday.
Allow me to continue that same blessing.
God loves everyone.
Evil will not prevail.
We are all in the hands of God.
So, without fear, united, hand in hand with God and among ourselves, we go forward.
We are disciples of Christ.
Christ goes before us.
needs his light.
Humanity needs him as the bridge between God and his love.
May we all bridges with dialogue and encounter so that we can all be one people all in peace.
Thank you, Pope Francis, for all you've done.
We're hearing the first words here of Pope Leo XIV, just elected Pope.
I'd like to also thank my brother Cardinals who chose me to be the successor of Peter and to walk along with you, and I'm always looking for peace and justice.
searching all together for peace and justice and working together men and women faithful to Christ without fear to proclaim the gospel to be missionaries.
Pope Leo offering these initial words which we're just translating on the fly here.
I'm a son of Saint Augustine and I'm an Augustinianoi Vescovo.
With you I am a Christian, and for you I am a bishop.
May we all walk together towards that to the place that God has prepared for us.
May we walk together to the church of Rome as Bishop of Rome, of course.
A special greeting.
We've got to look at how we can together be a missionary church.
The church that builds bridges that is always open to receive everyone, just like in this square, to receive everyone, Welcome, everyone, our charity, our dialogue and love.
And now, a greeting in Spanish.
Please allow me here to help you with the people who are to all of you, but especially to the people of my diocese of Chiclayo in Peru.
Donde un pueblo fiel ha acompañado a su obispo, ha compartido su fe y ha dado tanto, tanto para seguir siendo la iglesia fiel de Jesucristo.
And we had such faithful people helping the bishop.
And these sisters of Rome, of Italy, of all the world...
all of you people of Rome and of Italy.
We need to be a synodal church, a church that's a pilgrim that shows charity always and especially is charitable to those who are suffering.
Oggi, il giorno della supplica alla Madonna di Pompei.
Today is the day of praying to the Madonna of Pompei.
Maria vuole sempre camminare con noi, stare vicino.
Blessed Mother Mary always wants to be close to us.
She always wants to intercede for us through her love.
Let us pray together for this moonlight for peace in the world.
That she will help us give us a special grace, our mother.
Hail Mary, the Lord is with you.
You are blessed among us.
Blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Santa Maria, Mother of God, pray for us, sinners.
Amen.
Pope Leo the 14th here.
Pope Leo the 14th, very interesting.
A few themes coming out already there for me first, talking about peace.
May my greeting of peace enter into your hearts and reach your families, all people, wherever you are, all peoples of the entire planet.
May peace be with you.
God's peace be with you, he said.
And here we see him in his, after having given that opening and beautiful words.
Continuing also the message of Pope Francis, where he even said in Spanish and Italian, tutti, tutti, tutti, tutti, tutti.
And the Holy Father, Pope Leo, and to all people in the square and all receiving or hearing this through new technology online everywhere, offers his, uh, the plan.
Plenary indulgence in the formula of establishment.
We pray to Almighty God and guide the church and the entire world.
Now he'll give this most solemn blessing to the entire world, to all of you joining us.
What is interesting, he's smiling, and I found very touching the fact that he made reference to his former diocese in Peru and spoke to them in Spanish.
You know, very, very touching moment, and how they are thanking them for how they accompanied him.
And so, from this moment, I think we all accompany the new Holy Father with our prayers and support.
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And once again, he asked, just like Pope Francis did before, he asked for continued prayers.
Pope Francis as a Bridge Builder00:02:23
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You know, this is a heavy task, as we all noted before, and he continues to ask all of us for prayers and also for the intercession of Our Lady on the special feast day.
And he asked us especially to be bridge builders, as he is, a pontifex, a bridge builder as well, but that we should all be building bridges, both here in the diocese of Rome, in Italy, and throughout the world, and that we should build that on fraternity and on solidarity and on by love.
So many times, Pope Francis told us the same.
You know, there have been false debates, I think, in leading up to this about unity and diversity and things, but he's made it clear that he's looking for us to be united, but also to be the bridge builders and to bring about peace in the world through.
We're seeing a stunning footage or this video of Addy Drone there going close to the balcony and seeing I think for the first time unique images like this up close of the new Pope.
There's about 100,000 people we're getting in the square right now who are seeing Pope Leo XIV for the first time.
This is from Pymanta from the border of Texas and Mexico that Pope Francis and she spoke to him when he was there.
It's amazing, all the people who are appearing in the square now and the connections they had present and past.
Again, quite a novelty, an American Pope.
And here he is waving.
And again, once again, you can see the emotion and sense of responsibility of the office.
Well, this is a beautiful view seeing from inside the logger looking out what he would see as he waves to the crowds.
It's a very interesting place to do.
I don't know if you remember, we used to do the commentaries from that commentary positions behind off to the side of that big hall of blessings.
And President Trump briefly spoke to reporters at the White House where he said it was a great honor to have the newly elected Pope be from United States.