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Topline Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, previously known as Robert Francis Prevost, returned to the Sistine Chapel the day after his election to deliver a mass for the College of Cardinals, where he described his role as both a cross to bear and a blessing and urged church leaders to make themselves “small.” Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was elected to be the new pope, poses for a photo at the end of … More the consistory where Pope Francis elevated 21 new cardinals in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Sept. 30, 2023. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Key Facts Leo XIV, the American-born polyglot who spent much of his career in Peru, spoke briefly in English Friday morning to an audience of cardinals before delivering the rest of his homily in Italian. “Through the ministry of Peter, you have called me to carry that cross and to be blessed with that mission,” Leo XIV said in English, addressing the cardinals who elected him, whom he urged to “walk with me as we continue as a church, as a community of friends of Jesus.” In Italian, Leo XIV delivered a homily that suggested some of his priorities as pontiff, in which he warned against “practical atheism,” lamenting that Jesus is sometimes “reduced to a kind of charismatic leader or superman” and that “there are many settings in which the Christian faith is considered absurd, meant for the weak and unintelligent,” according to a translation from the Vatican. Leo XIV criticized the prioritization of “technology, money, success, power, or pleasure” over faith and said there are settings where “missionary outreach is desperately needed” to reach “ordinary people,” echoing his decades of work as a missionary abroad. The new pope praised his…

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