Leo XIV calls for "announced the Gospel" where those who have faith are "ridiculated" and priority is given to "money, power and pleasure"

In his first Vatican Liturgy, the new Pope Leon of XIV, warned that people are evicted from faith by “technology, money, success, power or pleasure”.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass as pope with the cardinals who elected him in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel May 9. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) By Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Where Christians are ridiculed and the believer in the Gospel “is hindered and scorned or at most endured and pitied” is where the missionary outreach of the Catholic Church is needed, Pope Leo XIV said in his first homily as leader of the world…

Rome. — Pope Leo XIV denounced the decline of faith in favor of money, power and pleasure during his first Mass as a pontiff. The new pope, born in the United States and nationalized Peru, spoke in the Sistine Chapel before the 133 cardinals who elected him after two days of conclave. “Many consider the absurd faith or weak thing,” said Leon XIV, who asked to trust God over technology, success or pleasure. The pope also warned about the temptati…

In his first Mass as a new pontiff, Leo XIV warned of the retreat of faith in a world dominated by ambition and hedonism. Francis’ successor, the American-Peruvian pope anticipates a more formal style in the liturgical, but without breaking with the pastoral line of his predecessor. From the Sistine Chapel, the scene of his recent election, the brand-new leader of the Catholic Church warned this Friday about the growing tendency to replace faith…

In his speech on Friday, the New Pope said that there are many contexts in which Christian faith is considered to be “disgusting”. Pope Leon says that he dominates power, wealth and technology in the world. “The lack of faith is already tragically associated with the loss of the meaning of life, neglect of the mile, terrible crimes of human dignity, the crisis of the family and many other injuries affecting our society,” he said in his speech in…

Two women, a religious woman and a lay woman, were in charge of reading the first and second readings of Pope Leo XIV's first homily. The Mass at the beginning of his pontificate will be on May 18 and on May 21 he will have his first audience with the faithful in St. Peter's Square of the Vatican. More information: 'Roberto' Prevost Martínez is already Leon XIV: another Pope of the poor, forged in Peru, manager in the Curia and united to Spain