Watch the moment Pope Leo XIV became the latest pontiff, as white smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on the second day of the conclave.Formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost is the 267th Pope, and is the first American Pope to be elected.Addressing the huge crowd in the Vatican City, Pope Leo's first words were "peace be with you".After thanking his predecessor Francis and praying for world peace, Leo said: "Evil will not prevail... We are all in the hands of God."Without fear, united hand-in-hand we go forward, we are disciples of Christ."The crowd below was heard cheering "Leo, Leo", before the new Pope spoke of the need for God and Christ.WATCH ABOVE.
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02:00And we still have the sound in our ears
02:22of that weak voice of Pope Francis
02:24who is blessing Rome here.
02:29We have that fresh in our minds,
02:32in our hearts, in our ears,
02:33hearing his voice,
02:36the Pope who is blessing Rome
02:37and giving his blessing to the world
02:41on that morning, on that day of Easter Sunday.
02:49Allow me to continue that same blessing.
02:54God loves everyone.
02:58Evil will not prevail.
02:59We are all in the hands of God.
03:06So without fear, united,
03:11hand in hand,
03:12with God and among ourselves,
03:14we go forward.
03:18We are disciples of Christ.
03:21Christ goes before us.
03:22Christ, the world needs his light.
03:30Humanity needs him.
03:31as the bridge between God and his love.
03:43May we all build bridges
03:45with dialogue and encounter
03:47so that we can all be
03:51one people, all in peace.
03:54Thank you, Pope Francis,
03:58for all you've done.
04:02We're hearing the first words here
04:03of Pope Leo XIV,
04:06just elected Pope.
04:12I'd like to also thank
04:13my brother Cardinals
04:14who chose me to
04:17be the successor of Peter
04:20and to walk along
04:24with you,
04:26searching all together
04:29for peace and justice
04:30and working together,
04:34men and women,
04:35faithful to Christ,
04:37without fear,
04:38to proclaim the gospel,
04:41to be missionaries.
04:42with Leo
04:48offering these initial words
04:51which we're just
04:51translating on the fly here.
04:55I'm a son of St. Augustine
04:57and I'm an Augustinian.
05:06With you, I am a Christian
05:10and for you, I am a bishop.
05:12So, may we all
05:14walk together
05:16towards that
05:18to the place
05:22that God
05:23has prepared for us.
05:26May we walk together,
05:28accompany each other.
05:29To the Church
05:30of Rome,
05:32a special greeting
05:34as Bishop of Rome,
05:37of course.