Catholic Australians welcome the newly elected Pope Leo XIV

The choice of the new Pope has largely been met with enthusiasm by the catholic faithful here in Australia.

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00:00It was a mixture of excitement and thanks, but also reflection.

00:06There was around 150 to 200 people here that gathered, some coming in on their lunch breaks.

00:13And Archbishop Anthony Fisher gave a beautiful opening message, giving thanks to the new

00:18Pope, Leo, but also talking about his missionary heart, amongst the other things that he will

00:24bring to the role.

00:24It was very moving to hear the Holy Father in his first Herbie at Herbie address, begin

00:33with Christ's Easter greeting, Shalom, Peace, and to hear him repeat the central truth of

00:41the Gospel, that God loves us without any limits or conditions.

00:46We offer this Mass for our new Holy Father, that his care-time ministry might bring the

00:55peace and love of the risen Lord, and his life-giving truth to all the people of the world.

01:03The service was then followed by songs of praise and worship, including hymns.

01:09There was moments of reflection.

01:11They spoke about different passages in the Bible and also talked more on what Pope Leo

01:17will bring to the role.

01:18And we spoke with some of the congregation members that had come out, not only from their

01:22lunch breaks, there was young and old.

01:25There was a real different group of people that came down today.

01:29Most of them excited for the new Pope, and even one man who is here from America, where

01:36his parents have a bit of a connection to the new Pope.

01:41I'll say, I'm pretty excited about it.

01:43Both of my parents and my brother go to Villanova, so they're proud.

01:47The new Pope is from Villanova, which is our hometown, so pretty exciting stuff.

01:51Like everyone, I was a bit surprised.

01:53I expected it to take a little bit longer, I think, for the decision, but yeah, I'm hoping

02:00it'll be really good for the church.

02:02I think it's fantastic news, and I think he's going to be just like Pope Francis in leading

02:11the church.

02:13And more services are going to be held throughout the weekend.

02:17Archbishop Anthony Fisher finished speaking to media, saying that he was excited to hopefully

02:23welcome the new Pope in 2028 here in Sydney.