At Mass in Toronto, Catholics celebrate new Pope Leo’s message of peace

Standing outside after Mass on a sunny spring afternoon in Toronto, Levi Lacson says he is happy – and relieved – that Pope Leo XIV brings a message of peace to a world he says so badly needs it.Mr. Lacson, originally from the Philippines, had hoped that history would be made with the election of the first ever pope from his home country, especially as Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle had been widely seen as a front-runner.