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(NewsNation) — For the archetypal clip successful his papacy, Pope Leo XIV met with thousands of journalists from astir the globe successful Rome connected Monday, thanking them successful Italian for their enactment covering the papal election.
NewsNation's Robert Sherman asked Leo if helium had a connection for the United States.
"May God bless you all," Leo answered, arsenic helium walked done a cordoned-off assemblage of reporters.
The gathering was an accidental for journalists and the satellite to get to cognize Leo, who assumed the papacy Thursday.
He spoke extensively astir state of expression, state of code and state of the press, and said those are things the planetary assemblage needs to support astatine each costs.
He besides spoke astatine magnitude astir the value of being an informed nine successful bid to marque bully choices and decisions regarding planetary policy. Unity and bid were recurring themes.
On Sunday, helium addressed a crowded St. Peter's Square and called for bid successful Ukraine and an contiguous ceasefire successful Gaza.
The caller pontiff, calved Robert Prevost successful Chicago, became the archetypal American pope aft the decease of Pope Francis.
NewsNation spoke with European faithful who said they're focused connected what Leo tin accomplish, not needfully wherever he's from, and that they're hopeful his papacy tin output bid and unity.
