The Archdiocese of Chicago celebrated the election of Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV on Saturday at Rate Field. The newly installed pope addressed those in attendance via an eight-minute video, in which he urged Catholics to be a “light of hope” and to work towards making the world a better place.

Supporters of Pope Leo XIV gathered Saturday, not in a cathedral or a church, but a baseball stadium the pope once frequented years as Robert Francis Prevost.

In his first words directed specifically to Americans, Pope Leo XIV told young people on Saturday how to find hope and meaning in their lives through God and in service to others.