The church must be light in the dark nights of the world / day

« By the way you have made, God has called me to » be a « trusted manager » of the church to be « the ark of the salvation that sail through the waters of history, and the lighthouse whose light shines on the dark nights of this world, » said Leon.

« There are many environments in which Christian faith is considered absurd, intended for weak and unreasonable people. Environment that prefer other security measures such as technologies, money, success, copper or pleasure, » the new Pope told Cardinals.

« These are contexts in which it is not easy to preach the gospel and testify to the truth in which believers are ridiculed, opposed, despised, or at best tolerate or treat them with pity. »

« However, it is for this reason that these are places where our mission is extremely necessary, » said the first US Pontifix, which was a missionary in Peru.

« The lack of faith is often tragically accompanied by loss of meaning of life, disregard of mercy, horrendous human dignity violations, family crisis and many other wounds affecting our society, » Leon said.

It has already been reported that the Catholic Church Conclave elected a Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new Pope on Thursday, which, in his position, accepted the name of Leon XIV.