Leo’s homily did not call out current events and conflicts nor identify individual leaders. But his choice of language was significant, encouraging people to “open borders” within their hearts and minds.
Before mass, the 69-year-old pontiff made a turn around the sprawling Baroque square in his popemobile to the enthusiastic cheers of the crowd, estimated by the Vatican at around 80,000 people.
People must move “beyond our fear of those who are different,“ he said, noting that the Holy Spirit “breaks down barriers and tears down the walls of indifference and hatred...”
Leo did not speak of physical borders but his focus on barriers and walls evoked the politics of US President Donald Trump, who has vowed to stem illegal immigration into the United States.
“With great pain,“ Leo cited “cases where relationships are marked by an unhealthy desire for domination, an attitude that often leads to violence, as is shown, tragically, by numerous recent cases of femicide”.
Leo also cited the dangers of social media, saying it risked making people “ever more alone” within a “vortex of individualism.”
Since his election, Leo has offered to mediate between leaders of countries at war and earlier this week, he had his first telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Pentecost marks the end of the Easter season and commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles and disciples of Jesus Christ.
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