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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, celebrated his first Mass as pontiff on Friday, presiding in the Sistine Chapel with the cardinals who elected him to succeed Pope Francis and follow in his social justice-minded footsteps.

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.

It was in the same frescoed chapel that Leo, the Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost, was elected Thursday afternoon as the 267th pope and the first from the United States.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass on Friday after his historic election as the first North American pope, meeting with the cardinals who chose him to lead the Catholic Church and follow in Pope Francis’ social justice-minded footsteps.


Leo, the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost, surprised the world Thursday when he emerged on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica as the 267th pontiff, overcoming the traditional prohibition against a pope from the United States.

Video: Leo XIV celebrates first mass as pope

New Pope Leo XIV began celebrating his first mass as head of the Catholic Church on Friday, a private gathering for cardinals in the Sistine Chapel, according to video footage broadcast by the Vatican.

US-born Robert Francis Prevost… pic.twitter.com/wJ2gqQ0TPI

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planetx:
Trump obviously knew that he would be elected that is why he posted that AI image, if you think that was just a coincidence and not him codedly passing a message I don't even know what to tell you. That makes me question the so called secrecy of the conclave.

planetx:
Trump obviously knew that he would be elected that is why he posted that AI image, if you think that was just a coincidence and not him codedly passing a message I don't even know what to tell you. That makes me question the so called secrecy of the conclave.

planetx:
Trump obviously knew that he would be elected that is why he posted that AI image, if you think that was just a coincidence and not him codedly passing a message I don't even know what to tell you. That makes me question the so called secrecy of the conclave.

BeginsAtHome:
I remember my "American Pope " prediction