Pope Leo XIV warns against lack of faith in first mass at Vatican

The caller Pope, Leo XIV, has called for the Catholic Church to "desperately" antagonistic a deficiency of religion successful his archetypal wide astatine the Vatican.

Speaking connected Friday, the time aft helium was elected the archetypal US person of the Catholic Church, helium warned that radical were turning to "technology, money, success, power, oregon pleasure" for information alternatively of the Church.

Pope Leo besides called for cardinals to widen missionary outreach.

The ascension of Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, 69, has been wide celebrated by 1.4 cardinal Catholics crossed the world, with joyous outbursts successful peculiar successful Peru, wherever helium was stationed for 20 years, and successful his US homeland.

In his speech, the caller pope said helium had been elected to beryllium a "faithful administrator" of the Church and to steer it arsenic a "beacon" to scope areas suffering a "lack of faith".

"A deficiency of religion is often tragically accompanied by the nonaccomplishment of meaning successful life, the neglect of mercy, appalling violations of quality dignity, the situation of the household and truthful galore different wounds that afflict our society," helium said successful Italian.

Pope Leo wore a achromatic robe trimmed successful golden arsenic helium addressed the seated cardinals successful the Sistine Chapel code broadcast unrecorded by the Vatican administration.

On Thursday evening, Prevost was introduced to the satellite arsenic the caller Pope Leo XIV to rousing cheers from crowds gathered successful St Peter's Square.

Appearing connected the balcony of St Peter's Basilica, his archetypal words to the tens of thousands of worshippers gathered outlined a imaginativeness of a "missionary" Church which "builds bridges, which holds dialogues, which is ever open".

He echoed his predecessor, the precocious Pope Francis, successful calling for peace.

"Help us, and each other, to physique bridges done dialogue, done encounter, to travel unneurotic arsenic 1 people, ever successful peace," helium said.

World leaders person rushed to congratulate Prevost connected his election, pledging to enactment with him connected planetary issues. US President Donald Trump called it a "great honour" to person the archetypal American pope.

Prevost, who besides holds Peruvian citizenship, lone became an archbishop and past cardinal successful 2023. He was elected person by his chap cardinals successful conscionable 2 days of voting successful the concealed conclave that took spot 2 weeks aft Francis died.

He is seen arsenic being aligned with the precocious Pope, who was viewed arsenic a progressive champion of quality rights and the mediocre and celebrated for his charismatic benignant that sought to marque the Catholic Church much outward-facing.

Vatican watchers person noted that Francis appeared to person brought Prevost to Rome successful caller years, possibly to acceptable him up arsenic a imaginable successor.

Pope Leo's upcoming remarks, which see Sunday's midday Regina Coeli supplication and a Monday property league with journalists, volition beryllium intimately scrutinised for hints arsenic to which absorption helium intends to pb the Church and what benignant of Pope helium volition be.