Pope Leo XIV has taken aim at autocrats causing war and unrest across the globe, in his first speech after his inauguration as the head of the Catholic Church.
Addressing hundreds of thousands of well-wishers, including dozens of world leaders and European royalty, during a mass in St Peter’s Square, Leo said he believed his role as the new pontiff was to “shield the flock without ever yielding to the temptation to be an autocrat, lording it over those entrusted to him”.
