SEE IT: Pope Leo’s inaugural mass – vows for the future, meeting Vance, message for America, & bucking tradition!

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From Fox News: Pope Leo XIV spoke of unity and those suffering due to war during his inaugural mass in St. Peter’s Square.

The 69-year-old Augustinian missionary, who is the first American pope, spoke before 200,000 people on Sunday, Vatican News said.

“I would like that our first great desire be for a united church, a sign of unity and communion, which becomes a leaven for a reconciled world,” he said during his homily, the Associated Press reported.

“In this our time, we still see too much discord, too many wounds caused by hatred, violence, prejudice, the fear of difference, and an economic paradigm that exploits the Earth’s resources and marginalizes the poorest.”

The Chicago-born Pope Leo bucked tradition when he opted to arrive at Vatican City’s St Peter’s Square for Sunday mass service without bulletproof glass protection.

According to the Daily Mail, “The first ‘official’ popemobile was a Mercedes-Benz Nürburg 460 Pullman given to Pope Pius XI in 1930, and came with plush silk carpeting and doves embossed on the exterior. […] It was introduced as a key way to interact with followers, but after an assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II in 1981, it was modified to also act as a defense vehicle.”

Popemobiles were then designed to include bulletproof glass and heavy armor. However, the late Pope Francis didn’t like the feeling of being enclosed in the glass, so he opted against the security measures when he was elected. Pope Leo kept the open-top design of Francis, arriving at the historic event exposed as he happily greeted the masses.

As he addressed the crowds in both English (another break in tradition) and Latin, Leo appealed for peace in the world, specifically mentioning Gaza, Ukraine, India, and Pakistan.

Pope Leo also met with Vice President JD Vance, kindly shaking his hand despite his concerns over Vance and the Trump administration’s immigration stance. These views, recently revealed in resurfaced social media messages, were addressed by Vance last week when he told conservative media personality Hugh Hewitt, “I try not to play the politicisation of the Pope game. I’m sure he’s going to say a lot of things that I love. I’m sure he’ll say some things that I disagree with, but I’ll continue to pray for him and the Church despite it all and through it all, and that’ll be the way that I handle it.”

The Pope was asked by a reporter if he had a message for America, to which he answered, “Many.”

He then added, “God bless you all.”

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