Pope Leo XIV Condemns the “Imperialist Occupation of the World” in Holy Thursday Homilies

In two addresses at the Vatican, the pope invoked Óscar Romero, quoted Pope Francis on the duty of humble love, and called Christians to kneel alongside the oppressed.

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Pope Leo XIV delivered two homilies on Holy Thursday in Rome — one at the morning Chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, one at the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper at Saint John Lateran. Togethe…