Pope Leo XIV incenses the altar in St. Peter's Basilica, Sunday, June 15, 2025, where he celebrates a Mass for the Jubilee of ...

Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history’s first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural Mass in St Peter’s Square. The ceremony – before tens of thousands of people, ...

Pope Leo XIV took his first popemobile ride through St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, greeting the tens of thousands of people who joined presidents, patriarchs and princes for the formal installation ...

Genazzano Municipality Administration, via Reuters Near the altar during Pope Leo XIV ... He then went into St. Peter’s Basilica and descended to what tradition holds is the tomb of St ...

Alb: A long white linen vestment with sleeves, it symbolizes the purity of heart that the priest brings to the altar.

Pope Leo XIV ’s inaugural Mass on Sunday morning in St. Peter’s Square and Basilica is a ritual filled with symbolism that connects back to Peter, Jesus’ apostle, and his special ...

The Mass for the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate will be celebrated on Sunday, May 18, at 10 a.m. Rome time in St. Peter’s Square. The liturgy will mark the official beginning of ...

VATICAN CITY — Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter's Basilica to pay their final ... made their way to the 16th century basilica's main altar where Francis' open wooden casket ...

underneath the Basilica — where the pope prays accompanied by the patriarchs of eastern rite Catholic churches — out to the altar set up in St. Peter’s Square. Meet and greet, from the ...

Tens of thousands of people streamed into St. Peter's Square early Sunday to inaugurate Pope Leo XIV 's pontificate, joining presidents and princes in celebrating history's first American pope with a ...