Pope Leo XIV. On Sunday, June 15, the solemn Mass in the Vatican Basilica of Sts. Petra ended the jubilee of sports, lists the web. Before thousands of athletes of different levels, nationalities and disciplines, he recalled that sport can be a “means of reconciliation and meeting”. After the Mass he went to the faithful to the Square of St. Peter in the Vatican, where an unusual moment took place.
They brought the Pope a small A little girl who gave the Holy Father Biscuit. “That’s for me? Thank you,” said the lion XIV. and He ate a sweet gift right away. The video has immediately become viral on social networks and today is a hit! You can find it below.
At the Chicago White Sox baseball team, supporters of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV gathered on Saturday, June 14, who, like Robert Francis, once cheered his favorite team. The event at the Rate Field stadium, which lasted almost three hours, was the first public message of the Pope towards North America and at the same time a celebration of its roots, writes the portal.
In the pre -watersy video from the Vatican, the Pope turned mainly to the young, who urged him not to give up and seek support in local parishes. According to him, the Pandemia of Covida-19 brought “moments of anxiety and loneliness”, but God’s love brings healing and hope. “The world is turning to you … We need you,” he said. At the same time, he stressed the importance of service to others and unity as a way to peace.
The event was opened by the anthems of Peru and the US – two countries whose citizenship has the Pope. The culmination was a mass directly on the pitch under the leadership of Archbishop Blase Cupich, Chicago.
“I will remember this as ‘the discipline’,” the Archbishop said. The speakers recalled the Pope’s Chicago beginnings – he studied at South Side and Hyde Park, where he won the title of theology. His former teacher Dianne Bergant described him as an excellent student and a “ordinary guy” whose rise to Peter’s table perceived as natural.
White Sox, whose fan is Leo XIV, paid Pope Hold – from T -shirts with number 14 to wall painting at the stadium. The club even invited the Pope to symbolically throw the ceremonial overthoz once. “The hill is waiting. Your White Sox team welcomes you with open arms,” He bequeathed the Vice President of the Brooks Boyer team.
