Father Sean Connolly, pastor of St. Margaret of Cortona in the Bronx, told Newsmax on Monday that Pope Leo XIV wants the Catholic Church to be “an agent for the common good of all.”
The Pope reportedly called for unity and a missionary spirit, as well as serving with faith and joy while giving his homily during his inaugural Mass in front of St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday.
“This isn’t just professing Catholics, but all men and women of goodwill and that comes with proclaiming the truth as he did in that message, but the truth being proclaimed in the spirit of love,” Connolly said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.” “That is what we’ve seen so far, that has been just so great about Leo’s pontificate – clear teachings of truth, but done with a mild manner in the spirit of love. And I think that’s what we’re going to continue to see in the days, weeks, months and, God willing, the years ahead.”
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