Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle places the papal fisherman’s ring on Pope Leo XIV during the pontiff’s inauguration Mass on May ...

Pope Leo XIV will formally begin his ministry as bishop of Rome with a liturgy steeped in tradition and rich in symbolism May 18.

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

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, began his papacy with a richly-symbolic inaugural Mass, celebrated at the Vatican before a crowd of 150,00 people.

A round of applause erupted as the pope received the lambswool pallium and put it on for the first time during ... bond to the local church they lead and the ring of the Pope, as Bishop of Rome, ...

A round of applause erupted as the pope received the lambswool pallium and put it on for the ... church they lead and the ring of the Pope, as Bishop of Rome, symbolises his “betrothal ...

The rites include the imposition of the pallium, conferred by a cardinal deacon, and the presentation of the fisherman’s ring, given to the new pope by a cardinal bishop. A third cardinal ...

The pallium, draped across his shoulders ... but is merely known as a Eucharistic Celebration for the start of the Petrine ministry of the Bishop of Rome. In the days since his historic election, Leo ...

The pallium, draped across his shoulders ... but is merely known as a Mass to start the pope’s ministry as the bishop of Rome. In the days since his historic election, Leo has already sketched ...