Pope Leo the Fourteenth on Saturday says he intended to follow his predecessor’s path as pontiff, praising Francis’s “complete dedication to service” and explaining his name choice reflected a commitment to social causes, according to the Vatican.
Addressing a meeting of cardinals two days after being elected the 267th pope, Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost said a pontiff was “a humble servant of God and of his brothers and sisters, and nothing more than this.
Describing himself as Saint Peter’s “unworthy Successor” in one of his first addresses as pontiff, Leo praised Francis’s dedication “to sober simplicity of life”.
He plans to meet with foreign diplomats to the Vatican next week and on May 18, he will preside over his inauguration mass at Saint Peter’s Square, which is expected to draw world leaders and thousands of pilgrims.
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