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May 18, 2025 - Rudy Giuliani
03:00:49
America’s Mayor Live (Special Coverage): Pope Leo XIV's Inauguration Mass in St. Peter's Square
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Well, good morning.
This is Rudy Giuliani.
This is a special edition of America's Mayor Live, and it's live at approximately 3.37 in the morning, Eastern Standard Time, which would make it, what, about 10.37 in Rome, Italy?
Or is it 9.37?
We'll have to check that out.
Well, the Pope has already left his residence using a new Popemobile.
Which really was quite beautiful looking.
And I think by now he's ensconced in the back of St. Peter's.
Well certainly inside St. Peter's.
It's amazing how this service has been simplified.
At one time this would take about three, four hours.
This should take two or less.
There really are two main symbols that are going to be presented to him.
One is a cape, really, or I think you would call it a cape.
It originally was.
And it signifies the power of the papacy.
It has three nails in it, and the nails represent the nails that were placed in the hands of Jesus.
When he was crucified.
And then, of course, the second will be the ring, the ring of the Fisherman's Ring, which will contain a rendering of St. Peter and the name of this pope, Pope Leo XIV.
Again, signifying his betrothal to the church.
Signifying his succession to Peter.
And much of this ceremony and mass will be to remind us that this is the successor of the Apostle Peter, who Jesus designated as the rock upon which he will build the church.
You will hear chanted quite often to Es Petrum.
This is Peter.
And then the whole The whole verse really from Matthew will be recited.
So let me see if I can quickly get you ready for it because we'll watch most of it and interrupt it only where necessary.
It's going to begin in the Vatican and the Pope along with The patriarchs of the Eastern Church will be descending, if they haven't done it already, they will be descending into the crypt of St. Peter.
And they will take with them, if I can, if I'm connected here, I can show them.
Are they able to see?
Okay, so they're able to see.
What they are looking at right now is, of course, the altar, but in front of it is the crypt.
There's the ring that will be given to Leo.
That ring will be given to Leo after the gospel and before the Eucharistic service.
And it contains a rendering of Peter, the apostle, St. Peter, and the name of Leo XIV.
And it'll be at that stage of the ceremony that he'll be, I think the word used now is inaugurated as the 267th pontiff in a straight line of succession.
With the Apostle Peter.
Now, if I can, if we want to interrupt that for a moment, if there's a chance to do that, we have to connect this.
I was going to show them what a pallium looks like.
And I was going to show them a picture of the ring that he is going to get, which the The Vatican released pictures of it today.
I guess it really had to be just made, right?
When you think about it.
At some point, when we get a chance, we'll take you back to some of the older services and show you what they used to look like.
How different it was.
The Pope used to wear a tiara, which...
It's not really, it looks like a gigantic missile that he would wear on, that would be put on his head.
Probably Pope Paul VI was the last one to wear it.
And originally the one they had for him was so heavy it was going to probably knock him over.
So they actually made even a lighter one for him, which he was the last one to wear it.
And then at some point during his papacy, at some point, at some point during the papacy, I think he decided this is too, this is too, nobody should have to wear, nobody should have to wear this thing.
So Pope Paul VI on November 13, 1964.
At the conclusion of a regular Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, but one with 2,000 bishops in attendance, I guess it was a special Mass, he stood up from his throne, he descended a few steps, he removed his tiara, and he placed it on the altar.
He wanted to use it as a donation to the poor and wanted to get rid of it.
Because he didn't want any other pope to have to wear that if they didn't want to.
It turns out that a group in America bought it.
And it is on display now at the national shrine in Washington, D.C., along with some of the other very ornate things that used to be used in what was called, up until then, a coronation.
That led to...
The much more simplified service that we have today, and each pope, in a way, has simplified it even more.
With that, I think this is quite a beautiful and elegant service.
But the indicia of authority, the indicia of succession, the indicia of spirituality, Has been quite simplified.
You have to know that there are one heck of a lot of Chicagoans here, right?
At the service.
And also, today, being May 18th, is a significant day.
It is the birthday of Pope John Paul II.
And now it will be the day of the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV.
And it's very, very interesting.
Pope Leo twice has emphasized, "Do not be afraid." He said it during his first statement, and then he said it to a group of young people.
And to young people I say, do not be afraid, accept the invitation of the church and of Christ the Lord.
Pope John Paul II, in his homily, in his papal inauguration, do not be afraid, open wide the doors for Christ.
And then, both of them shared in common a very, very strong devotion.
To Mother Mary, to the Blessed Mother, to the Mother of Jesus.
Both have said that their Marian devotion is a very, very big part of their religion.
And that the Rosary, Pope John Paul II said it was his favorite prayer.
And Leo...
Before he became Pope, led everyone in the saying, in reciting the rosary, in St. Peter's Square in March for the healing of Pope Francis.
And he made a visit to the shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genesano, just outside of Rome, that is dedicated to the Blessed Mother.
That's an Augustinian church.
And the altar that we see here today is based on that church, the Church of the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genesano.
This is normally the feast day of Pope St. John I. He was an early 6th century pope who met the fate That most often was the fate of a Roman Catholic Pope until more modern times.
And that is he was martyred after he was imprisoned by a Germanic king because John would not agree to supporting the Aryans who challenged the beliefs of the Nicene Creed.
And he is a saint in both the Roman Right, Roman religion and its various Eastern rites, and in the Greek Orthodox and Russian Orthodox churches.
So, there are a lot of connections between this pope and some of our most recent popes of all different kinds.
Those will all become more apparent the longer he's a pope.
This will all start...
I don't know.
Can we see who's showing up here?
I see Zelensky and his wife are showing up and going to...
You see, now, they're all outside.
The mass is going to be said outside.
As they're all gathering, and since it's almost time for it to begin, the Pope is going to...
I don't know exactly how long the procession will be.
But the Pope, accompanied by patriarchs of the Eastern Church and deacons, he will be going and descending down to the burial place of St. Peter.
And there they will say, they'll bless it.
They'll say a prayer.
The deacons will be carrying with them.
What we've been talking about, both the pallium and the rings, down to the crypt of St. Peter.
And when they finish, they will come up and they will process through the cathedral.
The deacons, the patriarchs.
And the Pope.
So they'll walk, rather than walking into St. Patrick's, of course.
I always think of St. Patrick's.
Instead of walking into St. Peter's, they'll be walking out of St. Peter's.
And when they get toward the edge, when they get toward the edge of it, They're going to face an extremely significant tapestry.
And a significant tapestry because this really represents, I guess, one of the prime moments when Jesus recruited his apostles.
When, as they're walking out, they are going to go through the main door, and right above the main door of St. Peter's Basilica, the central gate, let's say, is adorned with a tapestry depicting the miraculous catch of fish, which symbolizes the call.
To Peter to come follow me.
That's when Peter was quite skeptical.
And Jesus said, go out in the boat, put down the nets.
And of course, they came away with massive amounts of fish.
And that was a very, very significant occasion.
That led to both Peter and his brother.
I think that's when he recruited James.
And the tapestry itself is, there are many versions of it because it's been in a lot of places.
And it really began, I don't know if this is a strange word to use, but it is the word that they officially use.
It began as a cartoon by Raphael, the great Renaissance painter.
It was in the year 1515 that Raphael made this design on paper for a large tapestry, strangely enough, for Pope Leo X. And it depicts Jesus' commission to Peter, feed my lambs.
Now that will be the gospel for today.
It'll be the version, I believe, of St. John when Peter is told three times to feed the lambs.
And Peter three times has to affirm that he will.
It's almost as if he were taking an oath.
And this took place after Jesus' resurrection, when he appeared to his disciples.
It was the third and last time that he appeared with them.
It's sort of a combination of John 21 and Matthew 16, 18, 19. But John 21 is after the resurrection.
And if you look at it carefully, and I don't know, do we have that up yet?
This is a fascinating painting, and you'll see the Pope and the patriarchs and the deacons walk right past it.
Well, it's not plugged in.
Well, we have the live shot on that one.
Well, that's not what I'm talking about.
Well, maybe we'll get connected.
I'm telling them what is going to happen, not what is happening.
This is just looking at the crowd.
I'm explaining to them the procession that's going to be made out of St. Peter's.
And it is interesting to see all the people out there, but of course it doesn't convey anything.
So let's take you back to where we were, right?
So after they finish in the crypt, they have with them the symbols.
That are going to be used to signify that he's the Pope, namely the pallium and the ring.
They bless the altar of Peter, probably incensed, I would imagine.
And then with all the patriarchs of the Eastern Church, and it's very interesting that he takes, they're sort of like what we would say would be the cardinals and the leaders of the Eastern Church.
It's very, very interesting that he takes them.
And not some of the other cardinals.
Hand me one of those.
Not one of the other cardinals.
And this is the tapestry in which we have the miracle.
It's called the miraculous.
It's called the Miraculous Catch of Fish.
And there you see Peter.
And probably Andrew here.
And he's telling them to put their nets down so that they can gather the fish.
Now, there are many, many versions of this.
Raphael did a cartoon of it and then it was reproduced.
And it's been in various places.
The Vatican Museum.
But right now, it's at the central gate, and it's quite interesting because all of this ceremony is to remind Leo that he is the successor of St. Peter.
Now, if you look at the live presentation, you will see the procession, and those represent the...
Well, it looks to me like it represents the Cardinals.
Now, remember, the Cardinals are not wearing the same clothes and attire that they were wearing when they voted or even when they went to Mass.
The Cardinals are wearing the vestments of a Catholic priest.
Every one of those cardinals there, and since there were like 130-something that voted and 250 altogether, I would have to say that we've got hundreds there, and it may also include some of the bishops, not just the cardinals.
So they're all dressed, each one of them is dressed, as if he was saying the Mass.
What you're looking at right now is the pallium.
Which is about five, the concept of it is about 500 years old.
And the Pope and bishops also wear that, particularly with the permission of the Pope.
Now you see, remember we told you that he's going to be accompanied, the Pope is, down to the crypt of St. Peter by the patriarchs of the Eastern.
Catholic Church.
Thank you.
And I think we see that there is the pallium, and I think probably next to it is the ring.
If you want to take a little break, we can show you a close-up of the ring if you'd like.
And you'll see it's Peter.
I mean, it is...
L 'anello del pescatore is what it will say when we put it up there.
L 'anello del pescatore.
That's the front of it, and that's the image of Peter.
You see Leo XIV inside the ring, right?
It's for Leo XIV.
There's another rendition of Peter, and there's the inside of the ring.
It's quite a heavy ring.
Lanello is the Italian word for ring and pescatori is fish.
And this is the ring that will be put on his finger in about an hour.
So now let's go back.
Why is...
Is that different than that?
A different delay?
A little bit of a delay.
I believe you're listening to the hymn Laudes Regia.
I believe you're listening to the hymn Laudes Regia.
I believe you're listening to the hymn Laudes Regia.
I believe you're listening to the hymn Laudes Regia.
I believe you're listening to the hymn Laudes Regia.
And it was sung at coronations of the Holy Roman Empress as well.
Amen.
And now we see the Pope entering, wearing the mitre, really, of a bishop, but a pope's vest.
The men that you're seeing around him are the patriarchs, the various...
...which is really not very well known by most people or even most Catholics, but is a very, very important and very large part of the Catholic Church.
It represents the Orthodox communities.
That split in the 11th century that remained with Rome or came back to Rome.
And they do have very much the same services as their Orthodox brothers and sisters.
And they do have very much the same services as their Orthodox brothers and sisters.
Christ conquers, Christ reigns, Christ commands.
Hero Christ, for the Church of God everlasting safety, Redeemer of the world, come to her aid.
Holy Mary, come to her aid.
Holy Mother of the Church, come to her aid.
Queen of Apostles, come to her aid.
Saint Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, come to her aid.
Saint John the Baptist, come to her aid.
Saint Joseph, come to her aid.
Christ conquers.
Christ reigns.
Christ commands.
Hero Christ for Leo, the 14th Supreme Pontus and Universal Father, peace, life, and long life.
Savior of the world, come to his aid.
St. Peter, come to his aid.
St. Paul, come to his aid.
Now we're getting into what's often called a litany.
You see, the Pope is incensing the altar.
He is now leaving the crypt.
We're seeing with the patriarchs to, in essence, march, recess, out of St. Peter's.
And he'll go through those doors that I mentioned to you that contain miraculous catching of the fish.
It should be reminded of Peter's...
This is about as old a hymn or as old a song in Christianity as you're going to find because this was adapted from music that was used to honor the Roman Emperor.
Christ conquers.
Christ reigns.
Christ commands.
That's repeated twice.
And then a prayer to Christ to look upon his church.
And there you see that that's a strange and very interesting view of the Basilica where we have no chairs.
All the chairs have been removed.
And you see the expanse of what is the largest certainly Catholic church in the world.
Is it the largest Christian church?
I suspect it is, but I don't know.
Now, Pope Leo and the patriarchs are coming from the very spot where there is a very strong, not only belief, but very strong evidence that Peter is buried.
And it was back there, back Back at the altar and below it, where he was crucified.
And then buried right there.
And all of the surveys that have been done have not definitive, but they're very, very...
You know, they put percentages on it.
Like 70%, 65%, 70%, 80%.
Based on contemporary practices of the Romans and where they...
Especially crucified Christians.
I don't know the exact number, but I do remember when I was reading on the first 20 or so popes, almost every one of them was murdered by the Romans.
and trying to wipe out the spread of Christianity, which they viewed as very, very dangerous to the empire.
...
...
Luckily, it's a beautiful day in Rome.
I would have imagined that it would have been very, very difficult.
Remember the tapestry that I showed you of Raphael.
You can now see it right above.
You can see it right above the...
Right above the cardinals.
Now we go back to the long line of cardinals.
And excuse me, it might also include bishops.
Although it would seem to me it would be a lot longer if it included bishops.
So is our audience able to see?
...
Notice how open.
If you've been to St. Peter's, this probably looks a little strange because you're used to seeing pews there, which are all movable, which is true of a lot of the great cathedrals, both Catholic and Protestant.
"Sante Sino, tu l'illumate mona, sante t'aute." You can see how long it is.
It's quite a walk through the entire cathedral.
I don't know.
Maybe we'll find out when the mass and or what was then would have been called the coronation was moved outside.
I'm sure for the longest time it was done inside of St. Peter's.
Wouldn't you think?
Yes.
At some point they moved it outside.
But every one that we've seen, it was outside.
I believe, actually, we're going to have to come to that later in the second week, because I believe that it's gone back and forth.
It hasn't been one consistent thing.
Maybe that's right.
And I also imagine if it were raining, it would have to be put aside.
They would have to make all...
Or would they make do?
God made the rain.
How much rain, though?
How much rain would you...
Well, yeah, but why would it...
It wouldn't rain.
He wouldn't have a ring.
He wouldn't have a ring.
Where is he right now?
Right now, the Pope is, of course, behind that very long line of patriarchs and cardinals.
With him are the deacons who are carrying the two insignia that are critical to his investiture, the pallium and the ring.
They've been presented to Peter.
And they represent his succession, particularly the ring, his succession directly from Peter.
And as I told you, the pallium contains nails that represent the nails that we use to crucify our Lord and Savior.
I know that for those of you who have never seen this, you'll say, well, this is quite an ornate and beautiful ceremony.
You can't imagine how simplified this is from what it was like 30 years ago.
Amen.
The interesting thing is you notice they're all taking their mitres off.
The mitre is the big thing on top.
With the V. Bishops wear that.
And, of course, the Pope does too.
Remember, the Pope is being installed here, and we should remind people of this, not only as the successor of St. Peter, as the head of the church, but he's also being installed as the Bishop of Rome.
SANTE LEO MAGNE
The choir is now praying for the intercession and the help of the saints of the Roman Catholic Church, many of which are also the saints of the Orthodox Church.
And all those that were made saints before the 11th century, of course, would be shared by both.
For example, St. Augustine.
The founder of the order that the Pope was a member of was in the 6th century, and he is very much revered.
There again, that's the tapestry of Raphael, representing the calling of Peter.
And it is quite significant that his successor will be walking right under him.
Of course, like all of the unbelievably beautiful works of art in the Vatican, that's a priceless work of art.
by one of the greatest painters ever.
Tu il lo santi umà, Santa Maria Magdalena.
Tu il lo santi umà, Sante Stefane.
Tu il lo santi umà, Sante Ignati.
Tu il lo santi umà, Sante Laurenti.
Tu il lo santi umà, Sante Perpetua e Felicitas.
Tu il lo santi umà, Sante Agnes.
Tu il lo santi umà, Sante Perpetua e Felicitas.
Christ conquers, Christ reigns, Christ commands.
And then it is followed by intercessions to at least 100 saints.
It would seem to me they are, well, not all.
You won't say the ancient saints of the church.
And then they're asked to come to their aid, come to the aid of the Pope and the Church.
The Pope has now approached the altar, and as happens at every Mass, of course, a High Mass, or a very formal celebration, the Pope will incense the altar, which will eventually, of course, contain the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
That's quite a very large altar.
And now we're going over to incense a painting of Mary and Child.
Again, an indication of his dedication, what we call in the Catholic Church Marian dedication.
Which is a very big part of him, as it was of Pope John Paul II.
And today is John Paul's birthday.
Soon, I'm sure that Pope Leo XIV will have the honor of installing Saint John Paul II.
And Ted?
We're going to try very hard to be there.
To be where?
To be there when he becomes a saint.
I do not believe that, well, the combination of Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and the Pope has freed more people.
I don't know, possibly even the Second World War.
Unbelievably wonderful, brilliant people.
Santa Teresa, Jesus, we're the Savior.
John Paul II has to be the greatest pope in modern times.
Have you visited the memorial to John Paul in D.C., your Catholic university?
Yes, I have, and I'm also the one in Poland.
Oh, in Poland?
Yeah.
I haven't made it to that.
Where, of course, he's a hero beyond words, as is Ronald Reagan.
# I think, I think that's Cardinal Pizza Ball.
We should start.
Notice there is a, there is a roof, makeshift roof over the altar.
So everybody would be reined up at the bottom.
Yeah, I guess it's rain or shine then.
And you know, I'd take the rain.
I think I remember seeing.
Might not be coronations, but masses out there in the rain.
Yeah, I've seen St. Petersburg filled when it's raining.
But, you know, May is a beautiful time of year in Rome.
I mean, you can't...
May and June, and then, of course, it becomes very hot during the summer, but it's still beautiful.
Rome is always beautiful.
If you don't like Rome, there's nothing wrong with you.
Maybe you're not a challenge, I don't know.
What an honor it is for all of those different servants of the Vatican to be able to put this together, too.
I'm just looking at that roof itself, and I'm like, that would have been an honor to install that roof.
Oh, yeah.
I mean, I think that's the way they look at it, that it's something whole.
Now you see some of the world leaders.
beautiful formal floral in nomine patris et fili et spiritus
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Il Signore ci rinnovi interiormente per essere sempre fedeli allo Spirito Santo che ci è stato dato in dono.
Domini Deus omnipotens precivus populi tui ad esto propitius et nobis mirabile nostre creationis opus, sed et redemptionis nostre mirabilius memorantibus, anc aquam benedicere tu dignare.
Now, saying the prayer call in college, and he is, the prayer is about the plan of God the Father.
to build his church upon fear.
Nam peripsam sovisti tui populis servitutem, iliusque sittem in deserto sedasti.
Peripsam novum fedus nun siaverunt profete, quod eras cum hominibus in iturus.
Peripsam denique quam Christus in Giordane sacravit, Corruptam naturee nostre substantiam, in regenerationes lavacro renovasti.
Sit igitur ec aqua nobis, suscepti baptismatis memoria, et confratribus nostris, qui sunt in pascate baptizzati, gaudia nost, tribuas sociale, per Christum Dominum nostrum.
Amen.
He's now blessing the Holy Water, as they do on Easter.
He is blessing the congregation with the Holy Water.
This is a ceremony that is usually done only on Easter.
Well, not really.
It's been other times, but only at very important feats days.
When this is concluded, we will hear the Gloria, which is, of course, one of the great, great prayers.
Gloria in excelsis Deo, one of the great prayers of the Catholic Mass, which has been said to music by almost every great Western composer.
And there we see the tapestry that I showed you earlier of Peter being called, told to leave his home, give up all that he has.
And come follow me.
And there's his brother Andrew right behind him.
Two tough fishermen.
Uneducated.
And along with Paul...
"Deus omnipotens nos afecatis purificet, et per huius Seu Christi e celebrationem dignus nos reedat cui mensereini sui participes e ficiamur." Amen.
That's in Latin.
That's in Latin.
Now you hear the Gloria.
Gloria Inex Charles'Dale.
There are so many beautiful renditions of this.
I don't readily recognize this one.
It seems to be one that is plain, plain chant.
Well, and this particular one echoes throughout Christendom widely, widely.
Well, of course, Gloria is a prayer.
Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace to men of good will.
We praise thee, we bless thee, we adore thee, we glorify thee.
We give thee thanks for thy great glory, O Lord God, Heavenly King.
God, the Father Almighty, O Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son, O Lord, God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, who taketh away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Who taketh away the sins of the world, receive our prayers.
Who sitteth with the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.
For thou only art holy, thou only art the Lord.
Now only, O Jesus Christ, our Most High, together with the Holy Ghost, in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
And the Pope will say to the congregation, and they will answer, Lord be with you and with thy spirit.
God, Muzal, Christus, Jesus Christus, Jesus Christus, Jesus Christus.
Amen.
This version of the Gloria seems very, very familiar to me.
I've heard this many times.
I just don't know.
Let me see if we can find these.
If they have a list somewhere of the music selection.
Zabirov.
Oremus.
Deus, que providencie Tue, Concilio, super beatum Petrum, cetris Apostolis, propositum, Ecclesiam Tuam edificariae voluisti, respice propitius ad me famulum Tuum, et concede, utquem Petri constituisti successorem, He is now praying for the help of God the Father.
to sustain him and all of us, the building of the Church.
The next reading, or the first reading, will be from the Acts of the Apostles.
It's in Spanish.
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.
In those days, Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders, if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed?
Let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man is standing before you well.
This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become...
The corner-stone.
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
The I think that's J.D. Vance.
Right there.
praise to the Lord for he is good Alleluia.
This is Psalm 117, 118.
It's very much a part of the first part of the man's reading of the psalm from the Old Testament.
In one said,
I thank you for you have answered, and you are my Savior.
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
A beautiful song.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
By the Lord has this been done.
A marvel in our eyes.
This is the day the Lord has made.
Let us rejoice in it and be glad.
It sure is.
This is the day which the Lord has made.
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Save us, we beg you, O Lord.
the lord we beg you give us You are my God, I praise you.
My God, I exalt you.
Give praise to the Lord, for he is good.
His mercy endures forever.
Always.
Rende te grazie al Signore perché volo.
Alleluia, alleluia.
A reading from the first letter of St. Peter.
Beloved, Beloved, I exhort the elders among you as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed.
Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you.
Not for shameful gain, but eagerly.
Not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.
And when the chief shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
And the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, And establish you.
To him be the dominion forever and ever.
Amen.
As they pan the crowd, you will see a member of the leaders, the president of the...
Now, the reason you hear the horns is they're getting ready for...
The most significant part of the instructional part of the Mass: the Gospel.
Now, a reading from the words of Jesus Christ, and therefore is elevated above the earlier readings which were from the Old Testament and the New Testament.
The last reading we heard was from Peter himself.
Now this reading that we will hear, as is true at every Mass, the words of Jesus from the Bible.
Amen.
This is him on fire.
And the Pope will bless the Gospel book before the lector takes it and reads it or chants it.
# # The book right over there, that's where the Gospel books are.
Big, big, big one.
I'm going fishing.
The Apostle said to him, "We will go with you." He's treated with great reverence, because he can pay some words.
Jesus.
Jesus.
This is from Pope John, from Pope John, from St. John, chapter 21. And it's 1 to 5, and then 10 to 11. It's kind of, it's kind of broken up, which is strange.
After this, Jesus reveals himself.
Again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias.
This is after he rose from the dead.
And he revealed himself in this way.
Simon Peter, Thomas called the twin, Nathaniel of Canaan in Galilee.
The sons of Zebedee and two others of his disciples were together.
Simon Peter said to them, I'm going fishing.
They said to him, we will go with you.
They went out and got into the boat.
That night they caught nothing.
Now they skip a bit.
I said to the disciples in Simon, cast the net.
So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in because of the quantity of fish.
CHOIR SINGS
CHOIR SINGS The gospel is going to be proclaimed in Latin and in Greek, which is quite unusual at a Latin Mass.
Oh, but I'm a big fan of the Greek.
Oh, I am too.
I think it's beautiful that they're doing that.
It was just so wonderful those two churches came together.
Dominus Vobiscus Emcus Vicocum Lectio Sancti Evangelii Secundum Ioane Gloria Divi Domite Incense is the Gospels.
We prepare to hear a reading from the Holy Gospel according to John.
You might notice that Catholics cross themselves before the Gospel.
And the Gospel book is incense before it is read.
Again, to emphasize how this is It's certainly much more critical than anything else that's been read so far because it is the words of God directly.
And they had finished breakfast.
Jesus said to Simon Peter, Is this loud enough for everyone to hear?
Simon, son of John, do you love me more than this?
He said to him, Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.
He said to him, Feed my lambs.
He said to him a second time, Simon son of John, do you love me?
He said to him, Yes Lord, you know that I love you.
He said to him, "Tend my sheep." He said to him the third time, Simon, son of John, do you love me?
Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, do you love me?
And he said to him, Lord, you know everything.
You know that I love you.
Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep." Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted.
But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.
This is said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.
And after saying this, he said to him, Follow me.
And now we will hear The Gospel, the same Gospel read in Greek.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Service.
Certainly an inauguration of a pope.
Let's remind the audience, too, that the earliest copies of the Gospels that we have are, in fact, in Greek.
And so I feel a particular strong connection to Jesus, essentially, hearing the Gospels in Greek.
Every priest that was educated I hope today it's the same.
He has to learn Greek in order to translate the gospel.
So, you might have noticed that the Pope said the introductory words in Greek.
I don't know if you can notice the difference in the chanting, but it's a somewhat different form of chanting.
And it really is even more exacerbated with the Russian Orthodox Church.
There's almost like a crackiness to it.
It's beautiful.
He is.
Neleissen me.
The separation was in 1054 when the two churches separated.
And what brought that about?
Yes.
I think it was really the extent of the authority of the Pope.
So here, do...
Primarily, a disagreement of the papal primacy.
They would recognize the Bishop of Rome as the first among equals, but not the successor of Peter.
Apparently, the patriarch of Constantinople, Michael Storillian, was excommunicated.
Yes, he was excommunicated because he would not recognize the authority of the Pope.
However, tensions had been building for quite some time.
Orthodox churches believe that their bishops each individually have apostolic succession, making each church fully independent.
It looks like the candles had little coverage just in case of the rain.
But that's some other tradition that I'm unaware of.
The most important thing is they just read the same gospel.
That's true.
And the deacons process with the book of the gospels and to bring it to the Holy Father so that he may venerate, kiss the book of the gospels in a sign of Fidelity to Christ's Word.
Now we are going to move to that portion of the ceremony where the various symbolic insignia of the papacy are bestowed on Pope Leo.
Meaning the pallium, the ring.
The three cardinals who will confer these symbols that represent the successor of Saint Peter.
Just a little louder.
In front of the Holy Father.
Processed with the symbols.
And these are the cardinals who voted for it.
The Lord is the Lord, who is the Lord and the Lord, who is the Lord and the Lord, who is the Lord and the Lord.
May the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the great shepherd of the sheep, bestow upon you the pallium taken from the tomb of the apostle Peter.
The Good Shepherd charged Peter to feed his lambs and his sheep.
Today you succeed him as the Bishop of this Church, to which he and the Apostle Paul were fathers in faith.
May the Spirit of Truth, who proceeds from the Father, grant you his abundant gifts of wisdom.
and eloquence in the ministry of confirming your brethren in the unity of faith.
Thank you.
And Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, a Cardinal Deacon representing Europe.
That was Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, who was the one that announced Habemus Papam.
This liturgical insignia of the Roman Pontiff is made of white wool and a symbol of the bishop as the good shepherd and at the same time of the lamb crucified for the salvation of the human race.
The lamb's wool is meant to represent the lost, the sick, and the weak sheep which the shepherd places on his shoulders and he carries to the waters of life.
And now Cardinal Ambongo, Archbishop of Kinshasa representing the Cardinal Brisbane priests.
O God, who do not disappoint those who call upon you with up
To your right and devout hearts, hear the fervent prayer of your church and pour forth your blessing upon your servant Leo, our Pope, to whom, through our humble service, you have granted primacy in the apostolic office.
May he be strengthened by the gift of your Holy Spirit and weightily exercise his high ministry in accordance with the eminent charism.
He has received.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
And now, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization and representative of the rank of Cardinal Bishops, will confer the Ring of the Fisherman.
Episcopus e pastor animarum nostrorum, Christus filius Dei vivi, Most Holy Father, may Christ the Son of the Living God, the Shepherd and Guardian of our souls, Who built his church upon rock, grant you the ring, the seal of Peter the fisherman, who put his hope in him on the Sea of Galilee,
and to whom the Lord Jesus entrusted the keys of the kingdom of heaven.
Today you succeed the blessed Apostle Peter as bishop of this church, which presides over the unity of charity.
As the blessed Apostle Paul has taught, may the spirit of charity poured into our hearts grant you the gentleness and strength to persevere, to preserve, through your ministry, all those who believe in Christ in unity and fellowship.
Cardinal Tagli confers the ring of the fisherman, which is unique to Popolio, on his finger.
This ring has roots in the New Testament.
I was looking at the ring.
He seems very moved by...
He seems very moved.
Maybe...
First of all, that it was Cardinal Tagle who gave it to him.
And two, he seems to be working to restrain himself.
He took a very close look at the ring.
And I think maybe, you know, you assume an office like this, you're not...
It comes to you in stages just how...
Awesome in this.
Mary is holding up the Gospel book.
As you can see, a great deal of time is spent both by the Roman and the Greek in venerating the Gospel book.
Because like the rest of the prayers that are in the Mithra, that separate Gospel book contains The words of Jesus Christ.
Life of Jesus.
What we got.
Four books of the Bible.
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
God bless you.
This is the very same ring that you might remember that was smashed when Pope Francis died.
Many years to you, Lord.
Dramatically recreated in Conclave.
Dramatically recreated the smashing of the ring in Conclave.
They said that was one of the most powerful scenes in the movie.
That's what people are saying.
You know, sometimes they just scratch it up.
Just so it can't be real, it doesn't really have to be smashed up like that.
Yeah, well, they don't even really technically use it officially anymore, right?
No, but that ended 150 years ago.
Bring it back!
Come on!
You want to put it in the Vatican Library?
Oh, yeah.
They do.
We do have some of the smashed up ones in the Vatican, but a million.
O, es Petros.
O, es Petros.
Do you have to be invited to attend this?
I don't think so.
Or maybe in the good seat.
The ones that have the chairs.
Yes.
Otherwise, we could be stomping off from the Spanish steps.
Yeah, well, it makes it hard to kneel and stand if you have standing remotely.
The various parts of the Catholic Church, the cardinals, bishops, priests, deacons, married.
Cardinal Deacon Dominic Mamberti is, again, the cardinal who announced his papacy.
This is the cardinal from the Congo.
Well, they need our prayers over there.
You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church.
Fritalin and Bongo Bitsumbo.
of heaven.
Oh, what an honor that is.
Amen.
you you The ring, among other things, demonstrates his name.
The trouble to the entire church.
Now what is happening is these 12 have been selected to represent everyone, and they are pledging their obedience to the Pope.
They are not just cardinals.
The first two were cardinals, one was a bishop.
Now, that was just a deacon.
He hasn't even, this is a layman, a laywoman.
Now, this always had been cardinals, only cardinals, 12 cardinals.
I don't know if...
Just pick 12 people, you know, that would represent Christianity.
And I don't know if it was Francis or before Francis that it was decided that it should be more inclusive than just the Cardinals.
It sounds like a Francis thing.
Yeah.
But I think it's a good thing to do.
Oh, same.
The church is larger than just the...
The bishops and the priests.
They're the leaders of the church.
And there are so many leaders when it comes to the Catholic Church.
such a wide net that it cast with regard to its positive impact on the world.
Thank you.
There's some feeling I get about him that is so kind.
And so nice.
I don't know if I've been as affected by someone that I see on television as I am by him.
Well, that's what people say, too.
Everyone who knows what has to be a tremendous asset is the spreading of the religion.
Oh, yeah.
Do you know, I'm not even tired.
It's five in the morning here.
I'm so excited about what I'm seeing.
Look how beautiful that is.
So you realize that in every corner of the earth at least somebody is watching this.
Fratelli in episcopato in sacerdotio.
Are we speaking Italian?
I'm a member of the Diplomatic Corp.
Dear brother cardinals, Brother bishops and priests, distinguished authorities and members of the diplomatic corps, brothers and sisters, I greet all of you with a heart full of gratitude.
He's now giving his sermon, which in the Catholic Church is called a homily, because it's supposed to be based on the biblical text.
It's not supposed to just be a freewheeling speech.
You are supposed to be teaching the Gospel.
So this, if it's done right, will be based on the reading from St. John.
And he chose the reading for an obvious reason.
Right.
Now, of course, priests go beyond that quite a bit.
Catholic priests tend to stick to the script a little better.
There's quite a bit of training in the seminary about how to do that.
I don't know.
How do you think you'd do with that one?
I think I'd do very well.
He received his final blessing.
And in the light of the resurrection, we experienced the days that followed in the certainty that the Lord never abandons his people, but gathers them when they are scattered and guards them as a shepherd guards his flock.
In this spirit of faith, the College of Cardinals is reunited for the Conclave.
We'll have to read this later as to what he's saying.
It's quite important, obviously.
Now, do we know if his brother is there?
I think he asked him not to come because it would be so confusing.
I think, but I'm not sure.
I think it's okay if they hear us.
A shepherd capable of preserving the rich heritage of the Christian faith and, at the same time, looking to the future in order to confront the questions, concerns, and challenges of today's world.
Accompanied by your prayers, we could feel the working of the Holy Spirit, who was able to...
Translation is clearer to the people listening.
I'm having a hard time hearing it.
So that our heart strings could vibrate in a single melody.
I was chosen without any merit of my own.
And now, with fear and trembling, I come to you as a brother who desires to be the servant of your faith and your joy.
"Caminando con vos." Walking with you on the path of God's love.
for he wants us all to be united in one family.
Love in unity.
These are the two dimensions of the mission entrusted to Peter by Jesus.
We see this in today's Gospel, which takes us to the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus began the mission He received from the Father, to be a fisher of humanity, in order to draw it up from the waters of evil and death.
Walking along the shore, He had called Peter and the other first disciples to be like Him, fishers of man.
Now, after the resurrection, It is up to them to carry on this mission, to cast their nets again and again, to bring the hope of the gospel into the waters of the world, to sail the seas of life so that all may experience God's embrace.
How can Peter carry on this task?
The Gospel tells us that it is possible How can Peter carry out this task?
The Gospel tells us that it is possible only because his own life was touched by the infinite and unconditional love of God, even in the hour of his failure and denial.
For this reason, when Jesus is referring to Peter, the Gospel uses the Greek word agapao,
For this reason, when Jesus addresses Peter, the Gospel uses the Greek verb agapao, which refers to the love that God has for us, to the offering of himself without reserve and without calculation, whereas the verb used in Peter's response describes the love of friendship that we have for one another.
"Simon, son of Giovanni, loves me, refers to Consequently, when Jesus asks Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?
He is referring to the love of the Father.
It is as if Jesus said to him, only if you have known and experienced this love of God, which never fails, will you be able to feed my lambs.
Only in the love of God the Father will you be able to love your brothers and sisters with that same more that is by offering your life for your brothers and sisters.
and to donate your life for the church.
The minister of Pietro Peter is thus entrusted with the task of loving more and giving his life for the flock.
The ministry of Peter is distinguished precisely by this self-sacrificing love, because the Church of Rome presides in charity, and its true authority is the charity of Christ.
It is never a question of capturing others by force, by religious propaganda or by means of power.
Instead, it is always and only a question of loving as Jesus did.
The apostle Peter himself tells us that Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, and has become the cornerstone.
Moreover...
If the rock is Christ, Peter must shepherd the flock without ever yielding to the temptation to be an autocrat, lording it over those entrusted to him.
On the contrary, he is called to serve the faith of his brothers and sisters and to walk alongside them.
For all of us are living stones, called through our baptism to build God's house in fraternal communion, in the harmony of the Spirit, in the coexistence of diversity.
In the words of St. Augustine, The Church consists of all those who are in harmony with their brothers and sisters and who love their neighbour.
Father, brothers and sisters, I would like that it was our first great desire, a church unique, a sign of unity and communion.
Brothers and sisters, I would like that our first great desire be for a united Church, a sign of unity and communion.
Which becomes a leaven for a reconciled world.
In this our time, we still see too much discord, too many wounds caused by hatred, violence, prejudice, the fear of difference, and an economic paradigm that exploits the Earth's resources and marginalizes the poorest.
For our part, we want to be a small leaven of unity.
Communion and fraternity within the world.
We want to say to the world with humility and joy, look to Christ.
Come closer to Him.
Welcome His Word that enlightens and consoles.
Listen to His offer of love and become His one family.
In the one Christ, we are one.
And this is the way to do together, between us, but also with the Churches.
This is the path to follow together among ourselves but also with our sister Christian churches, with those who follow other religious paths, with those who are searching for God, with all women and men of good will in order to build a new world where peace reigns.
This is the missionary spirit that must be encouraged, without closing our small group or feeling superior to the world.
This is the missionary spirit that must animate us, not closing ourselves off in our small groups, nor feeling superior to the world.
We are called to offer God's love to everyone in order to achieve that unity which does not cancel out differences but values the personal history of each person and the social and religious culture of every people.
Brothers and sisters, this is the hour for love.
The heart of the Gospel is the love of God that makes us brothers and sisters.
With my predecessor, Leo XIII, we can ask ourselves today, if this criterion were to prevail in the world, would not every conflict cease and peace return?
turn.
With the light and the strength of the Holy Spirit, let us build a church founded on God's love, a sign of unity.
A missionary church that opens its arms to the world, proclaims the word, allows itself to be made restless by history, and becomes a leaven of harmony for humanity.
Together, as one people, as brothers and sisters, let us walk towards God and love one another.
Thank you.
Following the Holy Father's homily, we pause to reflect on his words ahead of the creed and the continuation of this liturgy.
We notice that he has laid out the focus for his pontificate, recalling his predecessor.
Leo XIII and his immediate predecessor Pope Francis and his word, his encyclical Fratelli tutti, brothers and sisters.
Want to compare them and figure out who you like best you can listen to their Gloria Bach Beethoven Yes That's a good one
So before we go to the Eucharistic service, the sacrificial service, Is everyone there yet?
Mozart.
What?
Is everyone going to take communion?
Are they going to take communion?
Well, I don't know.
I guess many are, yeah.
We're not there yet.
Well, yeah, but there's a lot of people here.
Probably a lot of priests.
Oh, true that.
Oh, true that.
This isn't a creed.
This isn't a creed that was agreed upon.
The Council of Nicaea.
At the Nicene Council.
And this is exactly the same creed that is pronounced in the Greek Orthodox Church.
I don't know it in Greek, but I have it memorized in Latin.
the Council of Nicaea.
The Council of Nicaea
I just think that is so beautiful.
Brothers and sisters, the Lord God is our salvation.
Let us raise our prayer to him for the needs of the church and our world.
Oremos pro ecclesia sancta dei.
Que Deus todo poder.
May Almighty God, by His faithfulness, confirm us all, pastors and faithful alike, in a wholehearted obedience to the Gospel.
Amen.
May Almighty God, by His grace, watch over him in his ministry as the successor of the Apostle Peter and pastor of the Universal Church.
CHOIR SINGS May Almighty God, by His wisdom, enlighten their minds and lead them to help Build the civilization of love.
Amen, um bec et eum, erogamus au Vyot, moremus pro pauperibus, ac proegrotis interarum orbe.
May Almighty God, by His providence, grant them refreshment, comfort, and hope.
Not least through the love of their brothers and sisters.
Let us pray for God's family gathered here today.
May Almighty God, by His Holiness, transform the lives of us all and make us ever more like the Lord Jesus.
Lord God, you look with constant kindness upon your sons and daughters.
Receive the prayers which your church lifts up to you with gratitude and compassion.
They will keep it going.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
A Pope, that large group, I believe, are bringing up the gifts, which of course is a great honor at any Mass, if you're selected to do that.
Often they use children, and I see some children there.
So they're bringing up the bread and the wine that the Pope will use very shortly when he consecrates the bread and the wine.
the gifts at this moment of offertry with those words taken from Matthew chapter 16. And as the liturgy of the word concludes we now enter the offertry the moment when the church offers bread and wine the fruit of the earth and the work of human hands to be transformed into the body and blood of Christ.
*music*
He blessed that little boy, crossed his forehead.
That was quite beautiful.
We see the faithful bringing the gifts.
The gifts are being brought forward in procession.
And the Holy Father receives these gifts.
A simple yet profound gesture symbolizes the offering of the entire church.
We offer our prayers, we offer our lives, our hopes, joined to Christ's perfect sacrifice.
Chant.
The Lord is the Son of God.
That I always liked for very special reasons was the lavabo.
Lavabo me.
Wash me.
It's when the priest goes to the side of the altar and the altar boy pours water on his hands to cleanse him so that when he touches the body and blood of Christ, his hands will be...
perfectly clean.
E tuotumque salveris, et tuotumque salveris, sumertano.
And the Holy Father has just offered the bread in wine.
Lava me domine ab iniquitate me et appiccato me munda me.
Wash me, O Lord, from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
To heaven.
Now, The Pope is now,
once again, incensing the altar with the bread and wine there, which will soon be transformed into body and blood of Jesus Christ.
for him.
This represents our prayers rising to heaven.
The Lord is the Lord.
sense the faithful, meaning all the congregants.
Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the Almighty Father.
When you all respond, "May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name for our good and the good of all his holy church." Celebrating the memorial of your Son's boundless love, we humbly beseech you, O Lord, that through the ministry of your Church, the fruits of His saving work may advance the salvation of all the world through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
It is truly right and just our duty and our salvation.
Always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, Holy Father, Almighty and Eternal God, and to praise you, glorious in the company of your saints.
Through them you adorn the mystical body of your only begotten Son and make them the foundation of your Holy Church, prepared in the patriarchs and prophets of the Old Covenant and established in the fullness of time.
upon the Apostles.
From their number you chose blessed Peter who, after confessing the divinity of Christ, became the rock on which his church You made him the guide and guardian of your whole flock, that he might constantly confirm his brethren in faith.
and entrusted by your son with the keys of the kingdom might know that whatever he laid down on earth you father would confirm in heaven
Today, as we recall with devotion and gratitude, this great task and responsibility bestowed by your grace upon the Prince of the Apostles We praise Your Majesty and join the choirs of angels as we joyfully acclaim.
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,
scribe: We're about to enter the most sacred part of the Mass.
This is the sanctus.
Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the last.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
As soon as that ends, the Pope, the priest, will enter, again, the most solemn part of the Mass, where he prepares to Transform bread into the body of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
And then to do the same thing with the wine, which is being done in memory as Jesus commanded at the Last Supper.
Do this in memory of me, are the words of the Bible.
*Piano singing*
We're about to enter that part of the service which begins with this beautiful hymn: "Holy, Holy, Holy Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus" Thank
sancta sacrificia ilibata.
In primis que tivi offerimos pro ecclesia tua, sancta cattolica, quam pacificare, custodire, adunare, et reggere dinieris toto orbe terrarum.
Una cum me indigno famulo tuo, quem ecclesiae tue preesse voluisti, et omnibus orthodoxis atque cattolice, et Apostolice fidei cultoribus.
Memento Domine, famulorum, famularum quetuarum, et omnium circumstantium quorum tibi fides conita este in nota devotio.
Proquibus tibi offerimus, vel qui tibi offerum, et omnium, pro reclificium laudis, pro rescuisque omnibus, pro redenzione animarum suarum, pro spesalutis et incolumitatis sue, tibique reddunt vota sua eterno Deo vivo et vero.
Comunicantes et memoriam venerantes, in primis gloriosa semper Virginis Marie, genetricis Dei et Domini nostri Iesu Christi, sed et beati Iosef, eiusdem Virginis esponsi, et beatorum apostolorum ac martirum tuorum,
Petri et Pauli, Andree, Jacobi, Ioannis, Tome, Jacobi, Filippi, Bartolomei, Matei, Simonis et Tadei, Lini, Cleti, Clementis, Sixti, Corneli, Cipriani, Laurenzi, Crisogoni,
Anch 'igit ur rublazionem servitutis nostre, sed et cuncte familie Tue, quesumos Domine, ut placatus accipias.
Diesque nostros in Tua pace disponas, atque ab eterna damnatione nos eripi, et in electorum Tuorum, iubeas grege numerari.
Quam oblationem Tu sacred part of the mass.
Christi, qui pridae quam pateretur, accepit panem in sanctas agvenerabiles manus suas, et elevatis oculis in celum a te Deum Patrem Suum omnipotentem, tibi gratiam sagens benedictit, frecit, deditque discepulis suis dicens.
Accipite et manducate ex hoc omnes, hoc es einim corpus meum, quo provobis traditur.
Simili modo posquam cenatum est, acipiens et unc preclarum calicem in sanctas ac veneraviles manus suas.
Item tivi gratia sagens benedicit, deditque discipulis suis dicens.
Acipite et bibite ex eo omnes.
Hic est enim calix sanguinis mei, novi et eterni testamenti, cui provobis et promultis e fundetur in remissionem peccatorum.
Hoc pacite in meam commemorationem.
*Loud singing*
And that memory
Pres Domine nos servituis, et et plebs tua sancta, eustem Christi, filii tui, Domini nostri, tambeate passionis, net non et ab inferis resurrectionis, sed et in cielos gloriosae
ascensionis, offerimus preclare maestati tue, de tuis donis agdatis, ostiam puram, ostiam sanctam, ostiam immaculatam, Panem sanctum vitae eterne.
et calicem salutis perpetue, supraque propicio ac sereno vultu, prispicere dignieris, et accepta avere, sicuti accepta avere dignatus es, munera pueri tui justi
ave, et sacrificium patriarce nostri abrai, et quotibi obtulit, sumus sacerdos tuos melchisede, sanctum sacrificium immaculatam ostiam.
Supplices te rogamus, omnipotens Deus, iube ec ferri per manu sancti angeli tui in sublime altare tuum, in conspecto divine maestatis tue, ut quod ex ac altaris participazione, sacros sanctum figlii tui, corpus et sanguinem sum serimus,
And thank you for your thanks.
Thank you.
Intra quorum nos consortium non estimator meriti, sed venie, quesumus largitor admitte, per Christum Dominum nostrum.
sanctificas vivificas benedicis et prestas nobis.
ZANG EN MUZIEK
At the Savior's command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say.
The Savior's command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say.
The Savior's command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say.
of omnibus malis, da propitius pacem in devus Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil.
Graciously grant peace in our days, that by the help of your mercy we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
This is another very beautiful part of the Mass.
O Jesus Christ, who said to your apostles, Peace I leave you, my peace I give you.
Look not on our sins, but on the faith of your church, and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will, who lives and reigns forever and ever.
and amen in accordance with your will who live and reigns forever and ever Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
Share a sign of peace among those around us as they do in St. Peter's Square.
A recognition that we are called to reconcile with our brothers and sisters before we partake in the communion of the Lord.
A recognition that we are called to reconcile with our brothers and sisters.
Now we come to another very, very beautiful sung part of the Mass, always a part that composers take very, very seriously when they have to put the Mass to music.
The Agnus Dei.
This is a recognition that none of us are worthy of receiving the body and blood of Christ, but we ask Him to heal us.
I believe all those priests here are saying they're going to give out communion, which is why it's going to go rather quickly.
I believe all those priests here are saying they're going to give out communion, which is why it's going to go rather quickly.
Some of the ceremonies that I've attended, they bring their own chalice and things like that.
These priests, how is that taken care of, you think?
The logistics of serving community to that many people is just absurd.
Every priest has his own chalice.
And more than likely, the priest would have taken the chalice with him to Rome because they would like to say Mass even privately in Rome.
It's a beautiful thing to do.
But now they're using something else.
They're not using the chalice to give out the communion.
They're using something called a ciborium.
The chalice tends to be...
Not round, it's sort of rectangle, almost like a triangle.
See what he has there?
Oh.
He has a ciborium there.
Right now he's holding up the Eucharist.
Oh, that's ignited.
On a plate.
Behold him who takes away the sins of the world.
Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.
Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof.
Lord, I am not worthy to receive you.
But only say the word, and I will be healed.
Those are very, very powerful words.
And though we may not be able to receive communion, we may pray with those gathered in St. Peter's Square, an act of spiritual communion.
Oh, I'm feeling connected with all these people.
So now the priests are giving out on the communion throughout the crowd.
"I'm going to go to my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace you as if you were already there, and I unite myself wholly to you.
Never permit me." to be separated from you.
Alleluia.
Domilus, what's it well?
Now I'm reading that there are around a quarter million people present for this.
Which is a remarkable feat logistically to just take care of that.
*Song*
*Song* In the communion song we hear, "You are the cry of the Lord."
The Lord is my shepherd.
There is nothing I shall want.
Fresh and green are the pastures where he gives me repose.
Near restful waters he leads me to revive my drooping spirit.
If I should walk in the valley of darkness, no evil would I fear.
You are there with your crook and staff.
Of course, the beautiful psalm.
Probably the most famous.
But it actually is not said at this time in the Mass, but we'll get away with it.
head you've anointed with oil my cup overflows surely goodness and kindness Oh my goodness, look at that crowd.
Yeah, I'm not sure you heard me, but yeah, quarter million people.
That much concentrated prayer is so powerful.
Maybe this will give the atheists some pause.
I don't know about that.
to may all be inadequate, all these people.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
This is a little different than happens at a normal mask.
They're dipping the host in the wine, in the sacred wine.
So, whereas often when they give it out under what we call both species, you take the host, and then you take a little sip from the cup, and then it cleans the cup.
Of course, there are any number of...
You should get raised about that.
This is a very interesting way to do it, which is you take the host and you put it into the wine, and then the person gets the blood and the body of Christ.
Because very, very often, it's just the communion wafer that's given out and not the blood, except at a very special mass or a wedding or sometimes at a funeral.
And usually you drink from the cup.
Which, if it's going to be a large number of people like this, would of course be very hygienic, right?
So this is a very interesting way to do it.
I want to see if it's being done uniformly that way.
I haven't seen this done in the United States yet, where you take the host, and you dip it into the wine.
Yeah, I haven't either.
And you give the person both the body and the blood of Christ.
Because it's always been rather a bit unsatisfying that you often get just a host.
And a good number of people skip the wine part.
Well, if you go to a special mass, you will get the wine, but it's always had the problem that everybody's drinking the same cup.
Yeah, so even on a regular Sunday...
Oh, have a little faith.
You're going to be fine.
I would.
I mean, the priest hands it to you, and then he cleans it off, and then he cleans it off.
But if you're doing it in a small group...
If you're doing it, how many people?
250,000?
300,000?
Yeah, but at Mass on a regular Sunday.
I'd say 100,000.
Would you get wine on a regular Sunday?
No.
I wouldn't.
I'd pass.
Even if that was an option, I would get the Eucharist and I would bypass.
Sometimes I would take it and sometimes I wouldn't.
It would depend on how I felt and what kind of crowd throughout St. Peter's Square and the Via de la Conciliazione continue to distribute communion to the faithful.
The Holy See press office has Very, very practical and interesting way to do it.
I hope it doesn't create a lot of...
Who knows?
Progressive may not like it.
The conservatives may not like it.
Maybe we should try to figure out if Jesus likes it.
Stop being progressive.
That's what I want to say.
That's what the Pope should be doing.
They should be figuring out what Jesus wanted.
Not what all these people tried to politicize the church wanted.
I'm talking about the right wing as well as the left wing.
We need to all be focused on what Jesus wanted.
Yeah, everyone does instinctively want to run to the political spectrum when looking at these issues, but I don't think it's...
issues Looks like a beautiful day in Rome.
Where it's now, what, about noon, would you say?
What time do you hear?
What time do you hear?
It's about noon.
It's almost six o 'clock.
It is 11.57 a.m.
It should be just about noon time.
11.57 a.m.
Great time for a beautiful Italian brunch.
Oh, and a beautiful spring day in Rome.
I'm jealous.
May I make a confession?
I always got hungry after Mass because as an altar boy, particularly when you had to do funeral Masses, sometimes they didn't have breakfast because they had to get there.
I was late.
And by the second hour of the funeral Mass, it was very sad and very...
Once I got over being frightened of it, I used to get very hungry.
It's carried over into my adulthood.
Do they serve food at those?
No, it's very disturbing, but if I go to a funeral mess, I get hungry.
Peter's confession laid the groundwork for the church.
As afterwards, Jesus told Peter, And you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.
*Song*
They're now standing in the beautiful, timeless hymn, Tureus Panthers.
You're Peter.
You're the shepherd.
Upon this rock, I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it, and I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven.
And what you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven, and what you bind on earth will be bound in heaven.
And then Christ repeats, and I give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven.
Amen.
It's that very moment in the life of Christ and the apostles that brought about this church, the church of Rome, the church of Peter.
Thank you.
Now these
The Holy Father will pray the post-communion prayer as the Eucharist has been distributed to the faithful here in St. Peter's Square.
And we draw near to the end of this Eucharistic celebration.
The Holy Father stands.
Orimus.
Vense celestis participes effecti, suplices te, Domine de Precamur, Maid, sharers in the heavenly banquet, we humbly entreat you, Lord.
By the power of this mystery, strengthen your church in unity and charity and grant that I, your servant, whom you have entrusted with the Petrine Ministry, may always, together with the flock entrusted to my care, Experience your saving help and protection through Christ our Lord.
Al termine di questa celebrazione, At the end of this celebration, I greet and thank all of you, Romans and pilgrims from many parts of the world who desire to take part.
Thank you.
I express my gratitude to the official delegations from Numerous countries, especially, as well as to the representatives of ecclesial communities, other churches, and religious delegations.
I also thank all of the many people who have come from many parts of the world, many continents, for the jubilee of confraternities.
Brothers and sisters, thank you, because you keep alive the flame of devotion.
Pope Francis, who accompanies us in this dimension of communion of the saints.
President Andrzej Duda of Poland.
All very Catholic countries.
Chancellor Frederick Mertz, Germany.
An example of great faith and pastoral ministry.
Prime Minister Francois Baru of France.
Where's Macron?
In Gaza, the children, the families, the elderly and those who have survived have been reduced to famine.
In Myanmar, new hostilities have Taken many young innocent lives in martyred Ukraine.
Awaits negotiations for peace, for a lasting and just peace.
And as we entrust to Our Lady the ministry of the successor of Peter and the bark of Peter, let us look to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Mother of good counsel, star of the sea, let us implore from her the gift of peace so that she may sustain us and grace for each of us so that we may bear witness to the risen Christ.
and we sing the Regina Celi.
We are now singing the Regina Cede in Latin.
Which is the prayer that's sung so beautifully in monasteries all over the world.
Oremos.
This is his blessing.
O God, who through the resurrection of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, indeed vouchsaf to give, Joy to the world grant we beseech you that through his mother, the Virgin Mary, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life through the same Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
Profidelibus defunctis, requiem eternam donais domine.
For the faithful departed, eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace.
And now we prepare to receive the solemn blessing from the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, at the conclusion of this massive inauguration of his Petrine ministry.
screen.
Amen.
Respecet et celu et vide et visita viniam istam et protegeam, quam plantavit dexteratuan.
Amen.
Illustra faciem tuam et salviérimus.
Amen.
Benedicat vos omnipotens Deus, ater et filius et spiritus sanctus.
Amen.
We receive the Holy Fathers.
A solemn blessing, we hear the deacon intone, Go forth, the Mass is ended.
Thanks be to God.
E-misa est.
Applaud for Pope Leo XIV as he concludes this mass of inauguration.
We see beside the altar the image of Our Lady of Good Counsel.
As we mentioned earlier, this was the first visit that the Pope made was to the sanctuary, the shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel near Rome.
And they have brought this image so that Our Lady might accompany His inauguration Mass.
And with that, we conclude this live broadcast of the Holy Mass, marking the solemn inauguration of the Petrine Ministry of His Holiness, Pope Leo XIV.
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Of course, you know, it was quite early in the morning, and I hope you stayed with it.
It was one of the most beautiful masses I've ever seen, live or on television.
It was conducted with so much dignity and serenity that it has to tell you a lot about the man.
He is a very, very scholarly, very beautiful man, just from the saying of that Mass.
I thought maybe I would show you some of the highlights of the things that happened when we didn't get a chance to do all of it.
The two significant moments in his becoming pope were the conferral of the pallium and the rings.
So if you want, we can take a look at what they look like.
And that pallium has been used for about four or five hundred years.
You may also, if you're a church-going Catholic and you see a bishop or archbishop sometimes, you may see your archbishop or bishop wearing that.
They are entitled to do that under certain circumstances.
And they do.
It's for the Pope, but it really is for bishops.
And of course, the Pope is the Bishop of Rome.
And it is connected by three nails that represent the nails of...
The crucifixion.
That is the palium that would be used in a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Where they call it something else, they call it an homophoryon.
And it is the same idea, the same thing, but you see it's quite a bit more elaborate.
Now there's the ring that was done for.
For Leo, you can see, if we build it up there, you can see that there's St. Peter.
There's Leo XIV.
There's St. Peter again.
This was the first of the paintings that we showed you.
We didn't show you too many.
That's a tapestry, which was shown quite a bit during the Mass.
Of the apostles, in fact, in particular, Peter and his brother Andrew, when Jesus calls Peter to his ministry.
It's also at the time that he does the miracle of the fishers.
When they become cynical about whether they can get fishers, he tells them, just put down their necks, and the fishers will come up in great abundance.
Now, this painting is another great, great, great painting.
This is after Jesus' resurrection, and this also was part of the Acts of the Apostle reading.
This is when Jesus basically says to Peter that he asks him three times, are you going to...
Are you going to feed my flock?
Are you going to tend to my sheep?
And Peter acknowledges three times that he will, and then he makes it clear that he's going to be the head of the church.
Now, if you look at that, you will see that, I believe this is Raphael who did this, several of the apostles seem to be opposed.
I would like you to look at the hand of whoever is represented by this apostle.
And this one here, this could be John, the youngest, but this one here, it's like, wait a second, Jesus, think about that a little.
This guy, this is done after, remember, Christ gives him the keys to the kingdom before he denies Christ three times.
This is after he's done that, after Jesus has risen from the dead, and this may be his last occasion with the apostles.
Where he reminds them that he's given Peter peace to the king.
Doesn't seem to be a universal approval, correct?
You look at that hand there, that's like, hey, you want to slow down and think about it a little.
And it's a big commitment that he's asking any of them to take on regardless, right?
So it is, you know, our human nature to be a little bit...
I think this is a brilliant...
It isn't reflected really in the Acts of the Apostles or in the Gospel.
But, of course, it is human nature that they would wonder why would Jesus pick one that denied him.
But, of course, none of the others went with him.
So they don't have an opportunity to deny him.
This is the famous tapestry that we pointed out where Jesus is calling.
This is Raphael.
And this is where Jesus is calling Peter and his brother Andrew to their ministry.
And again, that's the same one we showed before.
And I just want to make sure you've seen everything you have.
And quite a ceremony.
What did you think?
Oh, that was beautiful.
Absolutely beautiful.
They had incredible weather for it.
I felt the Holy Spirit even way over here, right?
Yeah, I tell you, yeah.
I thought it was one of the, you know, I've been at many Masses and I've been at some very, very beautiful ones, but I thought it was just one of the most beautiful.
And he's such a gentle and kind man.
It reflects itself, doesn't it?
And the thought that they put into the curation of the Order and the Order of the Mass itself was...
Yeah, it was done beautifully.
I mean...
Very symbolic.
There was no rushing.
There was no histrionics.
There was no extra blaring music.
It was the mass.
Of course, it had to be done on a big scale.
But it was done in a very dignified...
It was very dignified.
The logistics of putting on a show like this can't be understated.
And, you know, for those of us who have put on big rallies, this is something special to do.
You got a bunch of really top-notch guys here.
I mean, you know.
We're talking about, you see those cardinals there?
Half of them have PhDs.
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
At least, and almost all of them speak three, four languages.
They're not ordinary.
Well, and they have time, not that they have time, but they have the background that has had them studying so hard for so long, right?
Yeah, they have the time to think, and they do think.
And pray, which might be even more important.
But the reality is, from all that we can see, the Church of Christ is in good hands.
And the Holy Spirit acted quite wisely through all of those cardinals that are now...
I think we see them marching out now, right?
I just wonder, at all of the...
All that has to be done with all those robes and...
I used to put away the priest's robes, sometimes as many as three or four, but about a thousand robes there.
People are quite excited.
If you can look in the half screen, if they're seeing that, you will see that the people are clapping and clapping and clapping, and I think they feel they've got a good pope.
And that their soul is in good hands.
And that he'll do everything he can to help guide them to the resurrected Christ, which is what his mission on Earth is.
It's to preach the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
And he seems to be quite a worthy man to do it.
Look at that crowd.
Look at how happy they are.
It looks better than if the White Sox won a World Series.
Yeah, it's a celebration.
I've always compared these things.
Maybe he should come out and look at it and see.
See?
That's just as good as the White Sox.
These papal events are always a huge show, and I do often equate them to sporting events.
We had a booth set up on Catholic University campus when I was there.
It's like three PGA-level events.
Well, it is.
Think about the fact that they even bet on who the nominee is.
Remember we had to go through the betting?
Yeah.
Man, I wish I would have followed the advice of our esteemed Monsignor.
You think Louis made a fortune?
You know what?
It's funny.
We might have...
Louis looks like he could be a gambler, right?
We might have crossed paths with him at some point and just not even known it.
He seems MAGA as it goes.
He does, yeah.
I don't think he would be too worried about putting down a little bet on his brother, right?
But they're from Chicago, right?
They only cashed in on that one.
Yeah, he probably owns that church I'm trying to buy, right?
Well, you know, his family was quite an accomplished family.
His father was the superintendent of schools.
He also was a D-Day participant.
Oh, what?
I did not know that.
Yes, his father was a D-Day participant and a lieutenant in the Navy?
That comes out.
Or Army, I'm not sure.
That'll definitely rub off.
And then when he came back to Chicago, he got into education and he was eventually in charge of education in Chicago.
I mean, quite some time ago, but...
I was going to say.
I'm sure it was doing a lot better.
Yeah, I was going to say, I hope it's...
Yeah, not recently.
Well, I hope you enjoyed the coverage.
I hope you enjoyed watching it and I hope we were able to add a little to it and explaining it.
And this is the beginning of what might be a very, very historic papacy, given the turmoil in the world and what a smart, dedicated, shrewd pope can do, much like the one whose birthday we're celebrating today.
My favorite.
Pope John Paul II.
The man who gets a sufficient amount of credit along with Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher in ending communism.
Also a man who was imprisoned by communists.
So I think whenever the church starts to think in some soft way about communism, please remember what they've done to us and please remember Our Lady of Fatima, whose feast day was just a few days ago.
Who reminded us how if we don't pray, we don't stand up, communism will overtake us.
And we're in that existential battle right now with China.
And I am very, very hopeful that an American in that office will know two things.
That we are a really good country.
Of course we have our weaknesses and of course he should admonish us to improve.
But I hope on balance he sees that this is a country that he can rely on.
That its majority of people are really wonderful people and almost unlike anywhere else.
They are unlike anywhere else.
And second, that the aim of the communists, of Marx and Engels...
All of them that may have confused the prior pope through liberation theology is to destroy us.
We can't be destroyed.
There's too much to pass on to everyone else.
So congratulations, Pope Leo.
We love you.
And we have every hope that you're going to be not just a pope.
But you're going to be a great pope and a great world leader.
So thank you for listening in.
If you watch it later in the day on Sunday, if you want to send a few messages, maybe we'll send them back.
All right?
Great coverage, Mayor.
Oh, I think it was our honor to do it.
Don't you feel elevated as a result of doing it?
I do.
Absolutely.
Much richer for the experience.
I'm really glad that we did this.
And sharing it with you too was...
Yeah, I think it was just beautiful.
Very lucky.
I think it was just beautiful to watch it.
So, thank you very much.
All we can say is, let's offer our prayers.
You know, we're going to hope the Pope prays for us, but look, let's us pray for him.
He has a very difficult job.
So let's offer our prayers this Sunday.
For Pope Leo and his success because his success will be ours.
God bless Pope Leo XIV, and God bless America.
Amen.
Thank you.
It's our purpose to bring to bear the principle of common sense and rational discussion to the issues of our day.
America was created at a time of great turmoil, tremendous disagreements, anger, hatred.
It was a book written in 1776 that guided much of the discipline of thinking that brought to us the discovery of our freedoms, of our God-given freedoms.
It was Thomas Paine's common sense.
Written in 1776, one of the first American bestsellers in which Thomas Paine explained by rational principles the reason why these small colonies felt the necessity to separate from the Kingdom of Great Britain and the King of England.
He explained their inherent desire for liberty, for freedom, freedom of religion, freedom of speech.
The ability to select the people who govern them.
And he explained it in ways that were understandable to all the people, not just the elite.
Because the desire for freedom is universal.
The desire for freedom adheres in the human mind and it is part of the human soul.
This is exactly the time we should consult our history.
Look at what we've done in the past.
And see if we can't use it to help us now.
We understand that our founders created the greatest country in the history of the world.
The greatest democracy, the freest country.
A country that has taken more people out of poverty than any country ever.
All of us are so fortunate to be Americans.
But a great deal of the reason for America's constant ability to self-improve is because we're able to reason.
We're able to talk.
We're able to analyze.
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