New pope dwell: Pope Leo warns of lowering Jesus to ‘charismatic chief’ – after talking English at begin of first mass | World Information

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Earlier, Pope Leo led his first holy mass as pontiff within the Sistine Chapel, the place he was elected lower than 24 hours earlier.

He prayed that his historic papacy may also help the Catholic Church be a beacon illuminating “the darkish nights of this world”.

Wearing comparatively easy white and gold vestments, the previous Cardinal Robert Prevost and the primary US pope stated just a few phrases in English earlier than persevering with his homily in fluent Italian. 

He mirrored in his phrases what he wished the Church to appear to be below his papacy and added: “God has entrusted this treasure to me.”

The pontiff additionally stated: 

• There are settings “the place it’s not straightforward to evangelise the Gospel and bear witness to its fact”;
• He stated there are contexts the place “believers are mocked, opposed, despised or at finest tolerated and pitied”;
• The pontiff stated typically Jesus is “lowered to a sort of charismatic chief or superman”;
• He additionally stated that he knew he might depend on everybody within the chapel to “stroll with him”.

Leo, aged 69, was elected on the finish of a swift two-day conclave that was wrapped up yesterday night when white smoke billowed from the chimney of the chapel.

Along with his US citizenship, he additionally holds Peruvian citizenship.

Because the mass unfolded, Buckingham Palace additionally introduced that the King had despatched a personal message to the Pope and congratulated him on his election because the 267th pontiff.

You’ll be able to watch Sky’s Europe correspondent Siobhan Robbins check out who the brand new pope is right here…

And skim our piece on how the brand new pontiff compares to his predecessors…