As is tradition after a new pope is elected, Pope Leo XIV presided over his first eucharistic celebration as pontiff on Friday morning in the Sistine Chapel with the cardinal electors in attendance.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily as Pope on Friday at the Sistine Chapel; however, this time, the first-ever American-born Pope delivered the sermon in his native English.

Leo XIV celebrated ... commencing the mass. A day after his election, signalled by white smoke billowing from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, many were still digesting the choice by the conclave's ...

Wearing white vestments, Leo processed into the Sistine Chapel and blessed the cardinals as he approached the altar and Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment” behind it. He delivered the opening prayers ...

Pope Leo XIV, history's first North American pope, has celebrated his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel. Cardinals elected the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost to succeed ...

The mass comes less than a day after 133 cardinal electors selected Leo as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected the first North American pope in history, taking the name Leo XIV. The Chicago-born prelate was chosen after four rounds of voting on the second day of a ...

Addressing the cardinals in English, he said, "You have called me to carry the cross and to be blessed," and asked for their help in spreading the Catholic faith.