![Bishop J. Mark Spalding of Nashville Welcomes Pope Leo XIV]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746726713/fatherryanorg/o9dxviwlokl22pt5doiu/cq5damthumbnailcropped1500844.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1746726713/fatherryanorg/o9dxviwlokl22pt5doiu/cq5damthumbnailcropped1500844.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1746726713/fatherryanorg/o9dxviwlokl22pt5doiu/cq5damthumbnailcropped1500844.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1746726713/fatherryanorg/o9dxviwlokl22pt5doiu/cq5damthumbnailcropped1500844.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746726713/fatherryanorg/o9dxviwlokl22pt5doiu/cq5damthumbnailcropped1500844.jpg","width":1280}])
Following the election of Pope Leo XIV on May 8, Bishop J. Mark Spalding of Nashville welcomed the 267th pontiff on behalf of the Diocese of Nashville, imploring the faithful to embrace him with hope and love, and inviting them to join him in prayer for the Holy Father.