Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass with the Cardinal electors in the Sistine Chapel

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass with the Cardinal electors in the Sistine Chapel. Pope Leo began with a few words in English in which he thanked the Cardinal electors for their trust in him, and then went on with the homily in Italian. He gave this heartfelt reminder during his first Mass as Pope with the Cardinal electors and all other Cardinals present in Rome, in the Sistine Chapel, the exact site where the electors, with at least a two-thirds majority, elected him as the 267th Pope on the fourth ballot. In his homily, the new Pope called for ‘always better cultivating a personal relationship with Christ; and he insisted that, without faith, life has no meaning’.