Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization under Pope Francis, places the papal fisherman's ring on Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, as the pontiff celebrates his inauguration Mass at the Vatican May 18, 2025. He is the first American pope in history. (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)
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Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, waves as he arrives to celebrate his inauguration Mass at the Vatican May 18, 2025. He is the first American pope in history. (OSV News photo/Claudia Greco, Reuters)
Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives to celebrate his inauguration Mass. (OSV News photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters) U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, await the start of the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV. (OSV News photo/Claudia Greco, Reuters)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds hands with his wife, Olena Zelenska, as they arrive for the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square. (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center left, and Vice President JD Vance and other officials gather as they await the start of the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square. Rubio met with Vatican officials May 17. (OSV News photo/Jacquelyn Martin, pool via Reuters) Priests gather in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Crowds gather in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass. More than 150,000 people are estimated to have attended the Mass in the square and surrounding area. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Pope Leo XIV uses incense to venerate the tomb of St. Peter in St. Peter’s Basilica before his inauguration Mass. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) After praying at the tomb of St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV exits St. Peter’s Basilica and joins the congregation outside, where he celebrated Mass on the basilica’s steps. (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters) Pope Leo XIV as Mass begins. He holds the silver ferula, or papal staff, commissioned in 1963 by St. Paul VI and used by Pope Leo’s predecessors. (OSV News photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) Pope Leo XIV incenses the altar and an image of Our Lady of Good Counsel at the beginning of Mass as a sign of prayers rising to God. (OSV News photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) Pope Leo XIV incenses the image of Our Lady of Good Counsel at the beginning of his inauguration Mass. In his first trip outside of the Vatican after his papal election May 10, he traveled to the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, just outside Rome. The shrine is home to this image of Mary, and has been in the care of the Augustinians, Pope Leo’s religious order, since 1200. (OSV News photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters) Cardinals attend the inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV. (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters) Pope Leo XIV sprinkles holy water as he celebrates his inauguration Mass. (OSV News photo/Claudia Greco, Reuters) Cardinal Mario Zenari, Apostolic Nuncio in Syria and representing Europe, places the pallium over Pope Leo’s shoulders. The pallium, a white woolen band embroidered with six black crosses, is a symbol of the pope as the Good Shepherd who carries his sheep. (OSV News photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) Pope Leo XIV, left, receives the fisherman’s ring, symbolizing his role as successor to St. Peter, from Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, right. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Pope Leo XIV displays the Book of the Gospels. (OSV News photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) Pope Leo XIV pauses as he celebrates his inauguration Mass. In his homily, delivered in Italian, he called for “a united church, a sign of unity and communion, which becomes a leaven for a reconciled world.” (OSV News photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) Spain’s Queen Letizia and King Felipe VI, both Catholics, attend the inauguration Mass. (OSV News photo/Jacquelyn Martin, pool via Reuters) Pope Leo XIV raises the chalice during the Eucharistic prayer. (OSV News photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) A woman with an American flag and another pilgrim pray during the Mass. (OSV News photo/Darrin Zammit Lupi, Reuters) A large crowd is seen in St. Peter’s Square during the inauguration Mass. (OSV News photo/Vincenzo Livieri, Reuters) At the end of Mass, Pope Leo XIV greets some dignitaries outside before receiving others inside St. Peter’s Basilica, including Italian President Sergio Matarella. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)Pope Leo XIV hugs his older brother, Louis Prevost, in St. Peter’s Basilica following the pope’s inaugural Mass at the Vatican May 18, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
