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Pope Leo XIV will celebrate mass on Friday, 9 May, the day after becoming the first US head of the
Catholic Church, with the world watching for signs of what kind of pope he will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost was on Thursday elected by fellow cardinals to lead the
world’s 1.4 billion Catholics after a secret conclave <\/a>in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 11:00 am (0900 GMT) Friday, the 69-year-old will return to the chapel to celebrate a private
mass with cardinals. This will be broadcast by the Vatican, delivering his much anticipated
first homily as pope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tens of thousands of well-wishers cheered Leo as he appeared on the balcony of St Peter’s
Basilica on Thursday evening – but many did not know who he was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American, who spent two decades doing missionary work in Peru and was only made a
cardinal in 2023, had been on many Vatican watchers’ lists of potential popes although he is
far from being a globally recognised figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the coming days, from Friday’s mass to Sunday’s midday Regina Coeli prayer and a
meeting with journalists at the Vatican on Monday morning, his actions and words will be
closely scrutinised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, addresses the crowd from the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter’s Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on 8 May. Robert Francis Prevost was on Thursday elected the first pope from the United States, the Vatican announced. A moderate who was close to Pope Francis and spent years as a missionary in Peru, he becomes the Catholic Church’s 267th pontiff, taking the papal name Leo XIV. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli \/ AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Build bridges<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In his first speech to the crowds packed into St Peter’s Square on Thursday evening, Leo
echoed his predecessor Pope Francis with a call for peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Help us, and each other, to build bridges through dialogue, through encounter, to come
together as one people, always in peace,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We must seek together how to be a missionary Church, a Church that builds bridges, which
holds dialogues, which is always open.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World leaders raced to welcome his election as the 267th pope and promised to work with
the Church on global issues at a time of great geopolitical uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leo faces a momentous task. As well as asserting his moral voice on a conflict-torn world
stage, he must try to unite a divided Church and tackle burning issues such as the continued
fallout from the sexual abuse scandal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Cardinal Prevost, the new pope had defended the poor and underprivileged and had
reposted articles online critical of US President Donald Trump’s anti-migrant policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Trump nevertheless welcomed his election, saying on Thursday it was a “great honour”
to have a pope from the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was not known how many ballots it took to elect Leo XIV, but the conclave followed recent
history in wrapping up in less than two days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consensus candidate<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The crowds erupted with cheers on Thursday when white smoke billowed into the sky from
the Sistine Chapel chimney, the traditional sign that a new pope has been elected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s an amazing feeling,” said an elated Joseph Brian, a 39-year-old chef from Belfast in
Northern Ireland, who came with his mother to Rome for the spectacle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’m not an overly religious person but, being here with all these people just blew me away,”
he told AFP as people around him jumped up and down in excitement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the choice of Prevost, experts said, the cardinals had opted for continuity with the late
Francis, a progressive from Argentina who shook up the Church in his 12-year papacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He is a moderate consensus candidate who fits into a soft continuity, a gentle continuity
with Pope Francis, who will not alienate conservatives,” said Francois Mabille, a researcher at
the Paris-based think tank IRIS and author of a book on Vatican strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“At least, he has not alienated them.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Mabille predicted a more cautious style than Francis, whose declarations sometimes
caught even fellow senior churchmen off guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It is a posthumous success for Pope Francis, with undoubtedly some different accents and
embodiment of the pontifical role,” he said. “I do not think we will find in him the sometimes divisive statements Francis had or equally virulent criticisms of liberalism.” – Agence France-Presse (AFP)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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