Rome, 25 May (LaPresse) – ‘I can assure you that I love you, that I desire only to be at your service and to place at everyone's disposal my poor strength, the little that I have and that I am.’ These were the words of Pope Leo XIV during his homily at Mass in St. John's. Prevost quoted from the homily delivered by Pope John Paul I on the occasion of his inauguration as Pope on 23 September 1978. "I too express my affection for you, with the desire to share with you, on our common journey, joys and sorrows, struggles and hopes. I too offer you “the little I have and am”, and I entrust it to the intercession of Saints Peter and Paul and of so many other brothers and sisters whose holiness has illuminated the history of this Church and the streets of this city. May the Virgin Mary accompany us and intercede for us," added Prevost.
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