Pope Leo XIV Gives Papal Ring to Over 90 Pontifical Representatives and says Defend the Sacred "right to believe in God"
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Pope Leo XIV met with over 90 papal nuncios who are his Pontifical Representatives around the world, and called on them to bear witness to the Church’s love for the world and her desire to do anything possible for those in need. Apostolic Nuncios and other papal representatives deployed throughout the globe met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican on June 10.
As is customary, among Popes at their first meeting with their diplomatic representatives, Pope Leo XIV gifted each with a ring symbolizing their bond to the Successor of Peter, which bears the inscription “sub umbra Petri”and bears the image of Mary Salus Populi Romani.
The pope explained:
Dear brothers, may you always be consoled by the fact that your service is sub umbra Petri, as you will find engraved on the ring that you will receive as a gift from me. Always feel you are bound to Peter, protected by Peter, sent by Peter. Only in obedience and in effective communion with the Pope may your ministry be effective for the edification of the Church, in communion with the local bishops.
“Always feel bound to Peter, guarded by Peter, sent by Peter,” said the Pope in his address. “Only in obedience and effective communion with the Pope can your ministry be effective for the edification of the Church, in communion with local Bishops.”
“Always be Peter's gaze!” he said. “Be men capable of building relationships where it is most difficult.”
Pope Leo XIV said:
To give Christ means to give love, to bear witness to the charity that is ready for everything. I am counting on you so that in the countries where you live, everyone may know that the Church is always ready for everything out of love, that she is always on the side of the last, the poor, and that she will always defend the sacrosanct right to believe in God, to believe that this life is not at the mercy of the powers of this world, but rather is traversed by a mysterious meaning. Only love is worthy of faith, in the face of the suffering of the innocent, the crucified of today, whom many of you know personally, as you serve peoples who are victims of war, violence, and injustice, or even of the false wellbeing that deludes and disappoints.
Dear brothers, may you always be consoled by the fact that your service is sub umbra Petri, as you will find engraved on the ring that you will receive as a gift from me. Always feel you are bound to Peter, protected by Peter, sent by Peter. Only in obedience and in effective communion with the Pope may your ministry be effective for the edification of the Church, in communion with the local bishops.
“Always feel bound to Peter, guarded by Peter, sent by Peter,” said the Pope in his address. “Only in obedience and effective communion with the Pope can your ministry be effective for the edification of the Church, in communion with local Bishops.”
“Always be Peter's gaze!” he said. “Be men capable of building relationships where it is most difficult.”
Pope Leo XIV said:
To give Christ means to give love, to bear witness to the charity that is ready for everything. I am counting on you so that in the countries where you live, everyone may know that the Church is always ready for everything out of love, that she is always on the side of the last, the poor, and that she will always defend the sacrosanct right to believe in God, to believe that this life is not at the mercy of the powers of this world, but rather is traversed by a mysterious meaning. Only love is worthy of faith, in the face of the suffering of the innocent, the crucified of today, whom many of you know personally, as you serve peoples who are victims of war, violence, and injustice, or even of the false wellbeing that deludes and disappoints.
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