WASHINGTON, DC — His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, has issued the following statement on the election of Pope Leo XIV:
“In communion with Catholics around the world, I offer prayers of thanksgiving for the election of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV. In my lifetime, the Church has been blessed with a series of popes each uniquely prepared for his particular moment in history yet sharing a common mission to proclaim the ageless truth of the Gospel. I rejoice in the international experience of the new Bishop of Rome who has been a student and superior in Rome, a bishop in Peru, and charged with the Dicastery for Bishops. Certainly, we rejoice that a son of this Nation has been chosen by the cardinals, but we recognize that he now belongs to all Catholics and to all people of good will. His first words advocating peace, unity, and missionary activity already indicate a path forward. In this Jubilee Year of hope we are inspired to follow our new Shepherd and promise our prayers for him.
”I invite all of the Catholic communities of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, to pray for Pope Leo XIV and recommit themselves to listening to his voice so that we might grow in the love of Christ.”