VATICAN CITY: Saint Peter’s Square here was the venue where hundreds of dignitaries and tens of thousands of faithfuls converged on Sunday (18th May, 2025) to attend the inaugural mass of the 69-year-old Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV.
First American head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, Robert Francis Prevost addressed his inaugural mass marking the commencement of his papacy following his election as the new pope ten days ago.
“In this our time, we still see too much discord, too many wounds caused by hatred, violence, prejudice, the fear of difference, and an economic paradigm that exploits the Earth’s resources and marginalises the poorest,” he said.
It may be recalled that on 8th May when a hundred plus Roman Catholic cardinals, during a clandestine rendezvous, elected (American) Francis Prevost Pope Leo XIV as their 267th leader, white smoke emerged from the chimney perched atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican.
World leaders felicitated him. US President Donald Trump took to the Social Media to congratulate the new Pope: “Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It is such an honour to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement , and what a great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment”!
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