The Episcopal Commission for the Liturgical Pastoral of Mexico shared on Saturday, May 10, a special instruction regarding the use of Pope Leo XIV in the Eucharist celebrations in all the country’s dioceses.
In a communicationthe Episcopal Commission stressed that “with great joy we have received the news of the choice of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Martínez as the successor of San Pedro, who has chosen the name of Leo XIV.”
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“From that moment on, the Episcopal Commission for Liturgical Pastoral has received various consultations on the use of the Pope’s name in the Eucharistic Prayer,” he said.
The Episcopal Commission raised the consultation to the Dicasterio for the divine cult and discipline of the Vatican’s sacraments, which replied: “In the Eucharistic prayer our Pope Leon will be said. Without saying the numeral”.
The Mexican episcopal organ explained that “the given foundation comes from the historical study of the liturgical texts used in the Roman liturgy with what can be affirmed as tradition that the name of the Pontiff is mentioned as a tradition without the numeral, as In the liturgical context in which there is mention there is no other pontiff with the name of León more than the Holy Father Leo XIV ”.
“We appreciate to extend this information to the presbyters of their respective dioceses in order to clarify this doubt,” concludes the statement.
David Ramos
Graduate in Communication Sciences by the Private University of the North in Trujillo, Peru. With more than 12 years of experience in Catholic journalism working in ACI Press, I am based in Mexico since 2018. I have covered the trips of Pope Francis to Ecuador, Paraguay, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Panama.