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Crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square — and around the world — to see who had been elected as Pope Francis’ successor.
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass with the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, May 9. The pontiff, born Robert Francis Prevost, was elected on May 8 following a two-day conclave.
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Calendar on MSNAmerican Cardinal Robert Prevost Elected as Pope Leo XIVCardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago, has been elected Pope Leo XIV, making history as the first American to lead the Catholic Church. The appointment came in 2023 following Pope Francis’s decision.
The new Pope, Leo XIV, has called for the Catholic Church to "desperately" counter a lack of faith in his first mass at the Vatican. Speaking on Friday, the day after he was elected the first US leader of the Catholic Church, he warned that people were turning to "technology, money, success, power, or pleasure" for security instead of the Church.
Just days after joking he wouldn’t like to play Sinner in a match, Pope Leo—an avid tennis fan—welcomed the athlete in a private meeting at Vatican City.