Pope Leo XIV uses his first Sunday address to call for peace

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Newly-elected Pope Leo the 14th has delivered his first Sunday prayer, to tens of thousands of worshippers in St Peters Square. He called for an "authentic and lasting peace" in Ukraine, as well as a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages.

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00:00The Catholic world is continuing to speculate as to how Pope Leo XIV will run the papal office.

00:09We've been speaking to friends of the Pope who say that Pope Leo XIV is a more calm,

00:15reserved, shy figure than his predecessor, but we've already been given clear indications

00:20that he'll look to follow in the footsteps of the late Pope Francis.

00:24He's described his legacy already as being quite precious and made many mentions

00:29of world peace, which was of course a focus of Francis.

00:34In today's dramatic scenario of a third world war being fought, as Pope Francis has repeatedly stated,

00:41I too appeal to the great ones of the world, repeating the ever relevant plea, no more war.

00:48But in terms of how he'll approach the geopolitical aspects of the job,

00:52well, that of course, we'll get more insight into that of course when he addresses the media

00:58and he's expected to do that on the afternoon of Monday, Rome time,

01:02where it's almost certain he'll be asked by the many American reporters here

01:07about his views on the Trump administration and immigration policy.

01:11Pope Leo XIV, when he was Cardinal Robert Provost, made some opinions on that issue

01:16pretty clear on social media and the like.

01:19Pope Leo XIV will be inaugurated here at the Vatican on the 18th of May,

01:22and then the job really begins.

01:24The Catholic world will be focusing on how the new pontiff

01:28handles the many issues and challenges facing the Catholic Church.

01:32the Catholic Church.

01:33Pope Leo XIV is a post-traumatic ritual

01:34of the Catholic Church.

01:35Pope Leo XIV is a post-traumatic ritual of the Catholic Church.

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