Pope will hold private mass in the Sistine Chapel at 0900 GMT, during which he will give his first papal homily
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Here is the video from yesterday, when Pope Leo XIV was applauded by cardinals in the Sistine Chapel and prayed alone after being elected as the new leader of the Catholic church. He will hold a mass there later this morning.
US media has reacted to the news that there is to be an American pope for the first time. The New York Times said the decision defied “a longstanding belief that church leaders would never select a pope from a global superpower that already has considerable influence in world affairs.”
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