VATICAN CITY — VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, historical past’s first American pope, referred to as for a renewed dedication to peace on Sunday as he marked the twenty fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 assaults on his residence nation.
The Chicago-born pope made his first public feedback to commemorate the anniversary, talking in English on the finish of his conventional Sunday midday blessing from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s Sq..
“Two days in the past marked the twenty fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist assaults in the US of America,” Leo stated. “I renew my prayers for many who misplaced their lives and for many who proceed to bear the injuries of that tragic day.”
He added that “at a time when battle and violence afflict so lots of our brothers and sisters, I invite everybody to wish that the Lord will bestow his reward of peace upon the world.”
Talking in Italian he added: “The reminiscence of the tragic occasions of 25 years in the past pushes us to resume our dedication to peace, above all with prayer.”
On Sept. 11, 2001, the previous Robert Prevost was in Rome attending an enormous meeting of his Augustinian non secular order. On the time, he was the Chicago provincial chief of the Augustinians. Prevost was elected superior of your entire order on Sept. 14, his birthday, a place he held for 2 consecutive phrases till 2012.
Vatican Information on Sunday republished excerpts of his first homily as superior, delivered on Sept. 21, 2001. In it, the longer term American pope mirrored on the assaults.
“We can not put out of your mind the tragic occasions that shook the US on Sept. 11,” he stated in his homily. “The violence that the world witnessed final week in the US is a tragic expression of a collection of issues which can be turning into more and more acute all over the place.
“Hatred and violence will proceed to develop so long as so many individuals are pressured to dwell in excessive poverty and are oppressed by so many types of injustice.”
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