From his first moments on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Leo XIV gave three important clues about what kind of leader of the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church he will be, says Reuters' Vatican Correspondent Joshua McElwee. - REUTERS
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00:00When Pope Leo XIV emerged on St. Peter's balcony for the first time as Pope,
00:12he offered three big important clues about what kind of papacy he might have.
00:16The first was the choice of name. The last Pope Leo was the Pope who died in the early 20th century.
00:21He was known as the Pope of the Workers. He was really concerned about issues of social justice
00:26and started a tradition called Catholic Social Teaching. He spoke up for fair treatment of workers, fair pay, and the right to join unions.
00:33We might expect that Pope Leo will offer similar messages on social justice issues and be firmly pro-workers and pro-labor movement.
00:40A second hint that Pope Leo offered was his choice of language and his choice of words.
00:45Leo is the first Pope from the United States of America. He did not speak English.
00:50He spoke in Italian, the language of the papacy, and the language of Rome.
00:54He also briefly spoke in Spanish to address his former diocese in Peru.
00:58The third major clue was the outfit that Pope Leo decided to wear.
01:02Some people will remember in 2013 when Pope Francis first emerged on the balcony,
01:06he didn't wear any of the traditional trappings of the papacy. He only wore his white cassock.
01:11Pope Leo changed a bit. He put back on a red cape over the white cassock.
01:16He's his own man. He will be his own Pope and he will decide kind of who he wants to be and what kind of Pope he wants to be.
01:22He sure came to us. He was the first one. He was the first one who he wants to be.
01:26Thank you, Neil.
01:27And that's the second one of the things he wants to do.
01:28Thanks all the things he wants to be.
01:30Thank you, Neil!
01:31Thank you, Neil.
01:32Thanks, Neil.
01:35I've got L-D.
01:36Open the way he wants to be and carry on land.
01:37Thank you, Neil.
01:39You're embracing us, and we do it as well.
01:40Thank you here.
01:42Thank you, Neil.
01:43All the things you want to give us a quick,
01:45and we're going to give us a very quick movement for all of our stay to be.
01:46All the things you want to be able to be and a big part of the part of this