Pope Leo XIV's first address draws similarities to Pope Francis' papacy while preserving forsaken traditions

Pope Leo XIV was welcomed arsenic the newest pontiff by a oversea of faithful and an uninterrupted presumption of St. Peter’s Square connected Thursday.

Conversely, Pope Leo, calved Robert Francis Prevost, introduced himself to the nationalist utilizing Italian and Spanish dialects and greeted onlookers some successful idiosyncratic and virtually with a concise code astir gathering bridges and fostering anticipation for a synodal church.

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

Doyle taught astatine the Catholic probe assemblage for 40 years.

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

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

"Pope Francis’ archetypal large papers was called ‘Evangelii gaudium’, ‘The joyousness of the gospel," Doyle said.

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

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

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

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

The archetypal 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 the balcony for his archetypal nationalist quality arsenic elected pontiff.

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

The papal apartments astatine the Apastolic Palace are the authoritative residence of the pope. Pope Francis broke contented and declined residency determination and, instead, lived astatine Domus Sanctae Marthae, the determination wherever cardinal electors enactment during a conclave.

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Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost, present Pope Leo XIV, receives the reddish biretta chapeau from the precocious Pope Francis during the consistory successful St. Peter's Square astatine the 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 antithetic from Francis," Doyle said. "Francis did bash immoderate things that alienated traditionalists."

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

The newest Bishop of Rome selected the papal sanction "Leo" and portion it is presently unclear which of the 13 namesakes helium admired most, Leo the Great, the archetypal Pope Leo, and Pope Leo XIII look up of the pack, according to Doyle.

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

"Everybody's looking archetypal to Leo the XIII," helium said. "You ne'er cognize until helium says more."

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

Pope Leo XIII is often renowned for penning the archetypal of the large Catholic societal encyclicals, Rerum Novarum.

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

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

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

"It starts retired with a condemnation of socialism," Doyle said. "Although, by socialism, helium meant what we would lone usage the connection ‘communism’ today."

"He condemned it arsenic being retired of interaction with the earthy law. Because that earthy instrumentality would archer america that ownership is thing that is benignant of earthy to quality beings; that we’re going to person property, if we marque 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 the system and nine with immoderate country for interpretation.

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