This was the last event scheduled on the Pope’s agenda on the third day of his apostolic trip. Pope Leo presided over a Mass at the “Volkswagen Arena.”
The celebration brought together more than 4,000 faithful. Notably, young volunteers participated in the celebration to ensure that everything went perfectly.
The choir that provided the music was made up of 250 Christian members, including Armenians and Catholics, who sang various Armenian hymns.
During his homily, Pope Leo did not hesitate to highlight the richness of the Church in its diversity.
POPE LEO XIV
The first bond of unity that I just mentioned is the one within this Church, which in this country
consists of four different liturgical traditions — Latin, Armenian, Chaldean and Syriac. Each one contributes its own spiritual, historical and ecclesial richness. The sharing of these differences clearly demonstrate one of the most beautiful features of the face of the Bride of Christ: a catholicity that unites.
Pope Leo once again made a call for peace and denounced all forms of war that are justified in the name of religion.
POPE LEO XIV
We live in a world where religion is too often used to justify wars and atrocities. As the Second Vatican Council declared, however, “the attitude of human beings towards God the Father and that of a human being towards his fellow men and women are so closely connected that Scripture says: ‘Whoever does not love does not know God’
This is how Pope Leo XIV´s final engagement on the third day of his apostolic trip concluded. He will go on to welcome the season of Advent in the second country of his apostolic journey: Lebanon.
