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# Pope Leo Calls His Appointment a Cross and a Blessing in First Mass as Pontiff

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## Video: Pope Leo Calls His Appointment a Cross and a Blessing in First Mass as Pontiff

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_Published 2025-05-09. Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in Sistine Chapel._


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## Transcript

Are they there? Lord we love. You, Lord Jesus. Through the ministry of Peter, you have called me to carry that cross and to be blessed with that mission. And I know I can rely on each and every one of you to walk with me as we continue as a church, as a community of friends of Jesus, as believers, to announce the good news, to announce the gospel. Di Pietro. Di vescovo della Chiesa di Roma della Carita. La chiesa. Di San Ignacio de Antioquia. Citta del suo imminent. Sacrificio. Cristiani. Sono allora saro veramente, disciple of Jesus Cristo. Quando IL mondo non vedrai. IL mio corpo. Di. Giovanni.

Vincenzo. Piu generale. UN impegno rinuncia nella chiesa. Di Autorita. Cristo fa piccolo conosciuto a. UN fondo per nessuno. E Amarillo. Oggi e sempre con la ayuda de la integracion de Maria. Madre della Chiesa.

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