CAPP welcomes Pope Leo XIV

We are pleased to share with you a message from the President of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation, Professor Paolo Garonna:

“A warm welcome to Pope Leo XIV from the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation, its members, their families and their stakeholders.

A Pope who knows well the whole world, Old and New, North and South, and the situation of the Church in this world.

With His strong background in hard and social sciences, His orientation to missionary activities and pastoral care, His experience in interreligious dialogue, His many languages and canon law knowledge, Pope Leo XIV is in the best position to continue and further develop the Magisterium of Pope Francis, with Whom He worked closely. As an Augustinian, Pope Leo will be committed to the pursuit of truth through learning and love through engagement in the community.

His chosen name puts Him in a particularly close relationship with the Social Doctrine of the Church and our Foundation’s activities at a time when the Church is called upon to provide hope and moral leadership in a world of divisions, conflicts and disorder.

Let us pray for Him and with Him, asking Our Lady of Good Counsel to guide and support us acting at His service (Pro Pontifice).”

Paolo Garonna, President, Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice