Chicago Tribune photographer Brian Cassella captures the scene ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s installation in Vatican City.

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

This will be Leo's opportunity to lay out the type of pope he will be. But these solemn religious ceremonies are also huge ...

Pope Leo XIV will receive a wide range of gifts and benefits during his inauguration in Vatican City this Sunday ...

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV affirmed Friday that the family is founded on the “stable union between a man and a woman,” and that the unborn and elderly enjoy dignity as God’s creatures, ...

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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV will lead his inaugural mass Sunday — with tens of thousands expected to bear witness to the occasion, including Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

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Sunday’s Mass for the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate will mark the official beginning of his ministry as successor of Peter and bishop of Rome.