Less than 24 hours after Catholics worldwide heard “Habemus Papam!” (We have a Pope!) proclaimed from the balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, faithful in the Diocese of Allentown gathered on a rainy Friday morning to offer prayers of joy and gratitude for the new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV.
Bishop Schlert celebrated a Daily Mass of Thanksgiving at the Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena, Allentown on Friday, May 9, at 8 a.m. Yellow and white bunting draped across the Cathedral doors, a proud and joyful display of Vatican colors in celebration of Pope Leo. The responsorial psalm for the day, “Go out to all the world and tell the good news,” aptly set the tone for the Mass.
In his homily, Bishop Schlert reflected on his experience watching the Vatican’s livestream of the papal announcement.
“I was reminded of noted author James Joyce, who once described the Catholic Church with these words: ‘here comes everybody!” Bishop shared. “People flocked to St. Peter’s Square. There were so many young people, and they were exuberant, not because they knew anything about Cardinal Robert Prevost, but because they had a new Holy Father.”
“This is a testament to our faith,” Bishop continued. “A faith that goes back to Jesus Christ and the time of the Apostles.”
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