In just over 24 hours and after at least four separate ballots, 133 cardinals reached a historic consensus beneath the frescoed ceiling of the Sistine Chapel—and the world heard the long-awaited words: 'Habemus Papam.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily as Pope on Friday at the Sistine Chapel; however, this time, the first-ever American-born Pope delivered the sermon in his native English.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel on Friday morning, just a day after being elected to replace Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. The new pope, born Robert Francis Prevost in Dolton,