Watch Pope Leo XIV's first public address - in full

Speaking from the Vatican balcony conscionable aft being unveiled arsenic the caller pontiff, Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to his predecessor and called for unity.

Robert Prevost, 69, was chosen pursuing a two-day conclave successful Vatican City, and is the archetypal American to pb the Catholic Church.

"Help us, and assistance each other, physique bridges," helium told the assemblage of much than 40,000 radical successful St Peter's Square.

Watch his code successful afloat above.