Pope Leo Xiv's First Address Draws Similarities To Pope Francis' Papacy While Preserving Forsaken Traditions

Pope Leo XIV was welcomed arsenic nan newest pontiff by a oversea of religious and an uninterrupted position of St. Peter’s Square connected Thursday.

Conversely, Pope Leo, calved Robert Francis Prevost, introduced himself to nan nationalist utilizing Italian and Spanish dialects and greeted onlookers some successful personification and virtually pinch a concise reside astir building bridges and fostering dream for a synodal church.

"In his opening remarks, he mentioned being a missionary religion that includes each people, and that comes correct retired of Pope Francis," Dennis Doyle, professor emeritus astatine nan University of Dayton successful Ohio, told Fox News Digital.

Doyle taught astatine nan Catholic investigation assemblage for 40 years.

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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of nan United States appears connected nan pavilion of St. Peter's Basilica, astatine nan Vatican, May 8, 2025. Reuters/Guglielmo Mangiapane     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)

Pope Francis, nan 266th Vicar of Christ, created Provest a cardinal successful 2023.

"Pope Francis’ first awesome archive was called ‘Evangelii gaudium’, ‘The joyousness of nan gospel," Doyle said.

In his evanescent address, Pope Leo XIV said, "To each you brothers and sisters of Rome, Italy, of each nan world, we want to beryllium a synodal church, stepping and ever seeking peace, charity, closeness, particularly to those who are suffering."

"Pope Francis was really large into this thought of synodality," Doyle said.

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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, prefect of nan Dicastery for Bishops, stands for a image astatine nan extremity of nan consistory wherever Pope Francis elevated 21 caller cardinals successful St. Peter's Square astatine nan Vatican, Sept. 30, 2023. (Riccardo De Luca/AP)

"For him, successful his very little remarks, to opportunity we must beryllium a synodal church, that is simply a large awesome that he intends to proceed overmuch of what Pope Francis was about," he said of Pope Leo XIV.

The first American pope, though pointing to Francis’ papacy symbolically, dressed successful accepted garb including a reddish mozzetta and achromatic cassock. Pope Francis, successful 2013, was notably absent of adornments connected nan pavilion for his first nationalist quality arsenic elected pontiff.

"He's signaling he intends to beryllium accepted successful immoderate ways," Doyle said. "It'll beryllium absorbing to spot if he lives successful nan Apastolic Palace."

The papal apartments astatine nan Apastolic Palace are nan charismatic residence of nan pope. Pope Francis collapsed contented and declined residency location and, instead, lived astatine Domus Sanctae Marthae, nan location wherever cardinal electors enactment during a conclave.

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Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, receives nan reddish biretta chapeau from nan precocious Pope Francis during nan consistory successful St. Peter's Square astatine nan Vatican City, Vatican, connected September 30, 2023.  (Photo by Isabella Bonotto/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

"In immoderate ways, possibly he's going to beryllium different from Francis," Doyle said. "Francis did do immoderate things that alienated traditionalists."

Prevost was ordained connected June 19, 1982. During his ministry, Cardinal Prevost was elected arsenic caput of nan Augustinian Province of Chicago, his hometown, and served arsenic prefect of nan Dicastery for Bishops, among different notable titles.

The newest Bishop of Rome selected nan papal sanction "Leo" and while it is presently unclear which of nan 13 namesakes he admired most, Leo nan Great, nan first Pope Leo, and Pope Leo XIII look up of nan pack, according to Doyle.

Undated image of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, pinch precocious erstwhile Pope John Paul II.   (Augustinian Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel/Handout via Reuters)

"Everybody's looking first to Leo nan XIII," he said. "You ne'er cognize until he says more."

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Pope Leo XIV attended nan ceremonial of Pope Francis successful St. Peter’s Square connected April 26, 2025, successful Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis died connected April 21st astatine nan property of 88. Born successful Argentina arsenic Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he was nan first Latin American and nan first Jesuit to go Pope erstwhile elected successful 2013.  (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Pope Leo XIII is often renowned for penning nan first of nan awesome Catholic societal encyclicals, Rerum Novarum.

"In Latin, Rerum Novarum is an idiom, and it intends ‘On Revolutionary Changes,’" Doyle said. "It's for illustration an idiom for revolution. Although, a batch of group conscionable construe it literalistically arsenic ‘On New Things.’"

The encyclical, according to Doyle, addresses nan rise of communism and nan business revolution, including caller and harsh conditions for workers successful nan 19th century.

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Pope Leo XIV leads nan Pro Ecclesia Mass successful nan Sistine Chapel, connected May 9, 2025, successful Vatican City, Vatican. White fume was seen complete nan Vatican early yesterday evening arsenic nan Conclave elected American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost arsenic nan 267th Pontiff. The mean from Chicago and a adjacent friend of Pope Francis will beryllium known arsenic Pope Leo XIV.  (Photo by Vatican Media/Vatican Pool - Corbis/Getty Images)

"It starts retired pinch a condemnation of socialism," Doyle said. "Although, by socialism, he meant what we would only usage nan connection ‘communism’ today."

"He condemned it arsenic being retired of touch pinch nan earthy law. Because that earthy rule would show america that ownership is thing that is benignant of earthy to quality beings; that we’re going to person property, if we make things and truthful on, that they are ours," Doyle added.

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Doyle said that Catholic societal teaching is wide and addresses basal quality principles astir nan system and nine pinch immoderate room for interpretation.

"I deliberation that he's going to beryllium a very balanced pope," Doyle said.