The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of communication in favor of peace.”

Pope Leo XIV conducted a private Mass at the tomb of St. Peter in the Vatican Grottoes, after which he prayed silently at the tombs of his predecessors. In his homily, he spoke about the Good Shepherd,

The Holy See exists so that enemies may meet and look each other in the eye—so that nations may rediscover the hope and dignity they are entitled to, the dignity of peace,” the pope said in his address.