Tens of thousands of people are streaming into St. Peter's Square for the formal installation service of history's first ...

All eyes will be on how the new pope manages the throngs of pilgrims, tourists and curiosity-seekers, and the babies who will ...

Tens of thousands of well-wishers are expected to gather for Leo XIV's inaugural mass at the Vatican, which will see him ...

Leo will start the day by taking his first tour through the piazza in the popemobile. The open-topped vehicle has become ...

Pope Leo XIV is officially opening his pontificate in a ceremony on Sunday that blends ancient ritual, evocative symbols and ...

The Catholic church on Sunday will inaugurate the first American and second Latin American pope.

Pope Leo XIV ’s inauguration Mass on Sunday morning in St. Peter’s Square and Basilica is a ritual filled with symbolism that ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost in Chicago, is celebrating his inaugural Mass at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. This ...

The other symbolically important moment of the Mass is the representational rite of obedience to Leo: Whereas in the past all cardinals would vow obedience to the new pope, more recent papal ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff for the Roman Catholic Church, will celebrate his inaugural mass on Sunday, ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, will be formally inaugurated on Sunday with a mass in St. Peter’s Square.

Pope Leo XIV will preside over his inaugural mass Sunday, May 18, with world leaders and large crowds expected to gather in ...