Leo XIV, last hour of the new Pope, live | Leo XIV obtained “a masterful result,” says one of the cardinals of the conclave, “there was an immense unanimity”

“You have called me to Take a cross And to be blessed with this mission and I want you to walk with me, “said the Pope Leo XIV In his first mass as head of the Catholic Church, held in the Sistine chapel, In Latin, with the two readings in English and Spanish. Dressed in Blanco, with the miter and the staff, he entered the chapel where he has officiated the Mass before the 132 cardinals of the conclave that chose him.

Cardinal Prevost unbridled Cardinal Parolin in the fourth vote of the conclave by achieving the cross -sectional support of progressive, moderate cardinals and some conservatives.

Robert Francis Prevost, 69, born in Chicago, has become the 267 pontiff of the history of the Catholic Church, the first American, after spending much of his religious life in Peru, he has Peruvian nationality, and since 2023 he directed the bishops around the world from Rome, where he took his predecessor, Pope Francis.

The appointment of this man, who is said to be affable, moderate and reserved, surprised even his brother John who said, after learning through the TV, that “I was too far from what we thought it would happen.”

The first words of Pope Leo XIV to the faithful, from the balcony of San Pedro, were a call to peace and said he will work in “Be a missionary church” that “always seeks to be close especially to those who suffer.”

Next Sunday May 18, it will be the start mass of your pontificatein which delegations and heads of state are expected to arrive around the world.