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Pope Leo hopes to bring light to "dark nights of this world"

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States delivers the "Urbi et Orbi" at St. Peter's Basilica (REUTERS)
9 May 2025 14:45

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) 

Pope Leo said on Friday that he hoped that his election would help the Catholic Church bring light to the "dark nights of this world" as he delivered his first Mass since being elected on Thursday.

Leo, the first pope from the US, told cardinals in the Sistine Chapel that he hoped to be a "faithful administrator" for the entire Church, and added that the Church should identify itself through the holiness of its members and not "the grandeur of her buildings". 

Source: REUTERS
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