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Pope Leo said he hoped that his pathex could help the Catholic Church become a flare that illuminated the “dark night of this world” – when he led his first mass since being elected as the Pope.
Robert Prevost, 69 and from the US, elected During the second day the conclave aimed at choosing the successor of the late Pope Francis, who died in April, was 88 years old.
The selection of Pope Leo XIV, which spent years in Peru as a missionary, was a historic moment when he became the first American to face the holy throne.
On Friday morning, he led his first Mass as Pope and Bishop of Rome in -267 in the Sistine chapel, the same location in which he was chosen by 133 cardinals who met the requirements only the day before.
Pope Leo XIV counselated his first mass in Sistine’s chapel. PIC: Vatican Media/AP
Wearing a white and gold robe, Pope Leo said a few words in English before continuing their homily in fluent Italian.
“God has called me by your election to replace Prince Apostles, and has entrusted this treasure to me,” he told Cardinals in the chapel.
“Because we are people who have chosen God as His, so we can state his beautiful actions who call us out of the darkness into extraordinary light,” he added.
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Leo also said there was an arrangement “where it is not easy to preach the gospel and be a witness to the truth” and the context in which “people -believers are mocked, opposed, hated, or best tolerated and pity”.
After his election on Thursday, which was marked by white smoke that flowed out of the chimney above the sistine chapel after four rounds of voting for two days, Leo appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
He looked emotional when he greeted tens of thousands who had gathered in the famous Piazza to see who was the new leader of 1.4 billion strong Catholic churches.
In addition to his US citizenship, Pope Leo also holds peru citizenship.
When Mass was opened on Friday, Buckingham Palace announced that the king had sent a private message to the Pope and congratulated him for his selection as the 267th Pope.
