Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul – martyrs and co-patrons of the city and the diocese of Rome – in St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday.

It was the second of two major gatherings of senior prelates over the past four days, which together offer subtle indications about how Leo intends to give institutional form to “synodality” and tackle practical issues of governance.

“[I]t is important,” the pope said in his homily, “to look to these two saints – Peter and Paul – to understand how we, in turn, can be apostles and builders of unity, and generous servants of the truth in charity.”