Pope Leo XIV calls for ‘unity’ during his inauguration

At his official inauguration, Pope Leo XIV said his “first great desire” was for a united Church, “a sign of unity and communion, which becomes a leaven for a reconciled world.”

In his homily at Mass in St Peter’s Square on Sunday, the Pope began with the words of Saint Augustine: “Lord, you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.”

The former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who once led his Order of Saint Augustine, quoted the early Church Father in his homily: “The Church consists of all those who are in harmony with their brothers and sisters and who love their neighbour.”