Prime Minister invites Pope Leo XIV to Australia

Australian Community Media

Anthony Albanese has congratulated Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost for his appointment as Catholic pontiff, and says he looks forward to welcoming the new Pope Leo XIV to Australia in 2028.

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00:00Today is a momentous day for Catholics right around the world and for the faithful here in

00:07Australia. It is an important day and I join them in congratulating the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV,

00:14Bishop of Rome, on his election overnight. As the first North American Pope,

00:20Pope Leo XIV's leadership comes at an important time for the Catholic Church and for the world.

00:28I will invite His Holiness, Pope Leo, to Australia for the International Eucharistic Congress,

00:34which has been proudly hosted in 2028. I have had discussions with Archbishop Anthony Fisher of

00:44Sydney, who of course I know very well about the importance of Australia hosting that very significant

00:50event in just a few years' time. I know that the Church here in Australia is very excited

00:57to have this privilege and honour. My Government looks forward to continuing Australia's strong

01:03relationship with the Holy See under Pope Leo XIV's pontificate. The news was conveyed to me this

01:14morning by our Ambassador-designate to the Holy See, Keith Pitt. I thank him for the role that he has

01:22played in the short time in which he has been in Rome. This is a moment which will bring joy and hope

01:31to Catholics everywhere. May the papacy of Pope Leo advance the cause of peace and social justice for all

01:39humanity.

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