{"id":526459,"date":"2025-05-12T11:52:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=526459"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:52:17","slug":"romanian-bishop-italy-congratulates-pope-leo-xiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/romanian-bishop-italy-congratulates-pope-leo-xiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanian Orthodox Bishop in Italy congratulates Pope Leo XIV, wishes fruitful apostolate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Italy has sent a message of congratulations<\/a> to the newly elected Bishop of Rome, Pope Leo XIV, wishing him a fruitful apostolic ministry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe pray that you may receive from God the strength of a lion and the courage of your predecessors,\u201d said Bishop Siluan to the new Pope, referring to the name His Holiness chose.<\/p>\n

In his message, Bishop Siluan, along with the faithful of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy, extended best wishes for \u201ca good ministry and a fruitful apostolate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMay the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, the pillars and foundation of the Church of Rome, accompany you in this burdensome yet joy-filled apostolic service,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Romanian Orthodox faithful in the diaspora maintain close relationships with other Christian denominations. In Italy, most Romanian Orthodox communities worship in spaces generously offered by the Roman Catholic Church. Over 300 such communities benefit from this support throughout the Italian peninsula.<\/p>\n

Photo: Diocese of Italy<\/p>\n

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The Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Italy has sent a message of congratulations to the newly elected Bishop of Rome, Pope Leo XIV, wishing him a fruitful apostolic ministry. \u201cWe pray that you may receive from God the strength of a lion and the courage of your predecessors,\u201d said Bishop Siluan to the new Pope, referring…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":526109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[33833,9917,15256,31675,35004,35003,4794,25460],"class_list":["post-526459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-bishop-siluan-of-italy","tag-congratulatory-message","tag-diocese-of-italy","tag-orthodox-catholic-dialogue","tag-orthodox-catholic-relations","tag-pope-leo-xiv","tag-romanian-diaspora","tag-romanians-in-italy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}