The new dad is here, and it’s time to run from the first day. Leo XIV will be affected by important responsibility for managing the house of the Catholic Church and making a decision on whether it will continue, like the legacy of Francisco, or he will turn to other paths in search of a new consensus. Meanwhile, and in the face of large solutions, Robert PrevThe real name of the new dad, You will have to deal not with a few days -daily papal tasks. Maybe that’s why the first thing he did was after his appointment, avoid the residence in which he lived In the palace of the Holy Office, to welcome several employees and neighbors. He knows that since Friday he has a mess.
As we saw in all this process after the death of Francisco, the choice of a new pope carries with it a whole liturgical ritual full of symbolic details. One of them will be a breakdown of brands Suitable papal In the Apostolic Palace and in Santa -Marte.
As for the masses, the first, which already performed the duties of the pope, took place this Friday against the cardinals in the Sistine chapel at 11:00 local time (9.00 according to Greenwich), in which he is his first opportunity to offer a message to those who were candidates that he occupies today.
The next purpose, according to the Vatican, will be Sunday at 12:00 a.m. (10.00 according to Greenwich), where Regina says, prayer Marian, which is read in Pascular time, which goes from Easter Sunday to Pentecost on Sunday and that Replaces the prayer of Angelus. This mass will be made from the central ball of the facade of the basilica San Pedro, from where The world was declared as Leo XIVField
In addition to religious professions, there is the most earthly activity. For him Sunday, May 11, at 12:00, Leo XIV will hold the audience with everyone Accredited media representatives In the Paul VI class and which covered the information in recent weeks.
As for the most political issues of his new position, in the early days he must decide the renewal of the Roman curia and decide whether he supports or replaces high positions, such as Secretary of State And Prefects of various savagesField
The first ceremony is like a dad
Although he will already offer the masses earlier, and although he is a dad since the election, there is the first official ceremony that celebrates the beginning of his mandate at the head of the church. Two main symbols of the office will be imposed on this institutional premiere: Pallius and Rybak ringThe emblem of the apostle Peter.
The ceremony, says the ef, is usually held a few days after the white smoking Allow the arrival of leaders in Rome and participating pilgrims, although usually this is no later than a week after the election. In the case of Francisco, he notes, the ceremony took place six days after his choice. At the moment, he was not announced when this mass will be, although the correspondent of La Sexta, Javier Martínez-Brocal, evaluates that this will happen around 17 on May.
In addition to all these actions of the protocol and already personal, the new dad may decide on the inclusion of personal actions in his original agenda in his first years at the head of the church.
