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\n Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco. \/ Credit: Daniel Iba\u00f1ez\/CNA<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

Vatican City, May 23, 2025 \/ 12:55 pm (CNA).<\/p>\n

Pope Leo XIV\u2019s emphasis on faith in the risen Christ is fundamental for the Church, particularly in Europe, Italian Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco said.  <\/p>\n

In an interview with ACI Stampa, CNA\u2019s Italian-language news partner, the archbishop emeritus of Genoa and former president of the Italian Episcopal Conference said Pope Leo\u2019s first public address after his May 8 election was an invitation for Catholics to deepen their faith in the centrality of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pope began [his pontificate] with \u2018peace be with you\u2019 and immediately continued \u2018it is the peace of the risen Christ,\u2019\u201d Bagnasco told ACI Stampa\u2019s Marco Mancini. \u201cThe two things must not be separated because the message of the Holy Father would be distorted.\u201d  <\/p>\n

\u201cPeace comes from the risen Christ to the extent that we allow ourselves to be embraced by him,\u201d he continued. \u201cIf we forget this centrality, we forget the foundation of all foundations, that is, Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Bagnasco, the inclusion of Church Fathers\u2019 writings in several of Leo XIV\u2019s homilies and public addresses so far should not go unnoticed, including \u201cone of the most significant expressions of St. Augustine: \u2018We were made for you and our heart is restless until it rests in you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Lamenting the rise of secularization eroding the faith of individuals and societies, the 82-year-old Italian cardinal said Europe is in great need of heeding Pope Leo\u2019s message to\u00a0rediscover its identity and faith in \u201cthe face of God who is Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, it is a reality not of today but of decades, as we know,\u201d Bagnasco told Mancini. \u201cIt seems that the European continent is forgetting its origins and this fact is not positive for Europe because it means forgetting its own face.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is forgetting that the meeting between Jerusalem, Athens, and Rome took place here in Europe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Though Bagnasco was unable to participate in the May 7\u20138 conclave that elected Leo XIV due to his age, he participated in the 12 general congregation meetings to discuss the state of the Church and discern the qualities the pope would need to lead Catholics worldwide. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we always expect from the pope and what the entire Catholic world \u2014 but not only \u2014 expects is to be the point of reference, the confirmation of faith,\u201d he said in the interview. \u201cThe mission that Christ gave to Peter is to announce on the rooftops a strong, clear, explicit faith and the evangelical charity that derives from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the continuity of the history of the Church and the popes, Bagnasco said Pope Leo XIV succeeds pontiffs who, with their own vision and qualities, have sought to lead the Church and confirm the faith of Catholics in a world troubled by various challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn Paul II with the disruptive force of his personality [led the Church] and before him Paul VI with the great event of the [Second Vatican] Council,\u201d he told Mancini. \u201cBenedict XVI was the great master in the face of modernity that is forgetting God and with God forgetting man.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cAnd then Francis was attentive to the challenges of the time with the ongoing wars and other problems such as the relationship with nature and the people who move from one continent to another in search of a better life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/264309\/cardinal-bagnasco-pope-leo-xiv-is-inviting-catholics-to-rediscover-centrality-of-jesus-christ<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco. \/ Credit: Daniel Iba\u00f1ez\/CNA Vatican City, May 23, 2025 \/ 12:55 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV\u2019s emphasis on faith in the risen Christ is fundamental for the Church, particularly in Europe, Italian Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco said.\u00a0\u00a0 In an interview with ACI Stampa, CNA\u2019s Italian-language news partner, the archbishop emeritus of Genoa and [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":40264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-38846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cardinal-Bagnasco-Pope-Leo-XIV-is-inviting-Catholics-to-rediscover-centrality-of-Christ.webp?fit=800%2C533&quality=75&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51835,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/leo-xiv-shares-with-italys-bishops-coordinates-for-a-church-that-embodies-the-gospel\/","url_meta":{"origin":38846,"position":0},"title":"Leo XIV shares with Italy\u2019s bishops \u2018coordinates\u2019 for a Church that embodies the Gospel","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0645\u0627\u0631\u0633 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV addresses the Italian Bishops\u2019 Conference on June 17, 2025, at the Vatican. \/ Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 17, 2025 \/ 15:56 pm (CNA). 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