Pope Leo XIV, the former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, painted a picture of the Catholic Church he would like to see, saying he would seek to serve as the

In his advocacy of the poor, migrants and a more open church, many people see the new pope as a continuation of his predecessor.

Preaching in the Sistine Chapel on May 9 to the cardinals who elected him, the first pope born in the United States opened his homily in English.