In first Mass as pontiff, Pope Leo sees missionary outreach as a counter to those living ‘in a state of practical atheism’
Others, he says, put their trust in “technology, money, success, power or pleasure.”
(Vatican Media via AP) Newly elected Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican the day after his election as 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on Friday, May 9, 2025.