Why did Cardinal Robert Prevost choose the name Leo when he was elected as the successor of St Peter ?

This is what Pope Leo XIV said.

“Sensing myself called to continue in this same path, I chose to take the name Leo XIV. There are different reasons for this, but mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic Encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution. In our own day, the Church offers to everyone the treasury of her social teaching in response to another industrial revolution and to developments in the field of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defence of human dignity, justice and labour”.

Let us pray for Our Holy Father. Would you consider making an Holy Hour of Eucharistic Adoration to pray for Pope Leo? If so join me on Friday 6 June at 10.30am for Rosary and Adoration.

There will be a special collection on Pentecost weekend 7/8 June for all those who would like to contribute towards a gift for Jolyon.