US EditionPope Leo’s First Message: ‘Bear Witness to Our Joyful Faith in Jesus’
- Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost Martinez and the first American pope, was elected on May 9, 2025, succeeding Pope Francis who died on April 21.
- His election followed the death of Pope Francis and the Vatican conclave process marked by the traditional white smoke over the Vatican signaling the new pontiff.
- On May 9, during a Mass held in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Leo XIV gave his inaugural homily, focusing on the difficulties of carrying out missionary work in a world where the Christian faith often faces doubt and disdain.
- He remarked that Christianity is frequently viewed as unreasonable or suited only for the weak and unintelligent, emphasizing that the Catholic Church's missionary efforts are critically important in places where believers face ridicule, rejection, or are merely accepted without genuine respect.
- Pope Leo XIV called on the faithful, representing over 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, to bear witness to their faith in Jesus amid societal challenges such as family crises and loss of meaning.
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Pope Leo’s First Message: ‘Bear Witness to Our Joyful Faith in Jesus’
It was the first homily delivered by Pope Leo XIV, the first American to serve as leader of the Catholic Church. It was a clarion call not just to the 1.39 billion Catholic faithful around the world—almost 17 percent of the world’s total population. And nearly 20 percent of America’s total population, too, with followers of all races, ethnic backgrounds and ages. It was also a call to Christians around the world, nearly 2.6 billion and growing—e…
Pope Leo XIV's First Homily: Christians Face Challenge of Spreading the Faith
Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily on Friday morning since being elected to be the terrestrial head of the Catholic Church, emphasizing the challenge of leading people to Jesus in a world that often disparages the faith as "absurd" or "weak." The post Pope Leo XIV’s First Homily: Christians Face Challenge of Spreading the Faith in a World That Considers It ‘Absurd’ appeared first on Breitbart.
New Pope Leo Celebrates First Mass: Jesus Was Not Just A ‘Charismatic Leader Or Superman’
On Friday, the day after he was elected as the first pope from the United States, Pope Leo XIV told cardinals that he intended to correct the notion that Jesus Christ was simply a “charismatic leader or superman.”As he celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel, Leo also opined that many people across the world consider the Christian faith “absurd,” the Associated Press reported.“This is true not only among non-believers but also among many…
First Mass of Leo XIV in the Sistine. "Reducing Jesus to leader or superman is de facto atheism"
With the Pope they concelebrate all cardinals, voters and non-electors. Readings in English and Spanish. "In many contexts faith is considered an absurd thing. You prefer technology, money, success, power, pleasure" (ANSA)
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