WASHINGTON, DC – Pope Leo XIV greeted Vice President JD Vance with only a brief handshake after his inaugural Mass on May 18, while holding extended private meetings with world leaders.

During the Mass, the pontiff appeared to choke up when the two potent symbols of the papacy were placed on him – the pallium woolen stole over his shoulders and the fisherman's ring on his finger.

VATICAN CITY — Jewish leaders met with Pope Leo XIV on Monday to discuss interreligious dialogue, a day after getting up-front seats at his inauguration Mass. An American rabbi and other ...

Vice President JD Vance will be attending the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Sunday.Vance will be accompanied by his wife, Second Lady Usha Vance ...

Vice President JD Vance attended Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration mass in Vatican City on Sunday. Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, greeted the pope as he took part in the two-hour ceremony ...

Pope Leo XIV receives the fisherman’s ring from Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle during his installation Mass in St. Peter’s Square on May 18, 2025, at the Vatican.

called the Holy Mass for the Beginning of the Pontificate, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. An open-topped popemobile had driven Leo on Sunday morning through St. Peter's Square ...

new video loaded: Pope Leo XIV Holds Inaugural Mass at the Vatican Pope Leo XIV used his homily to plead for peace in warring regions and to call for a more united Roman Catholic Church.

called the Holy Mass for the Beginning of the Pontificate, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. An open-topped popemobile had driven Leo on Sunday morning through St. Peter's Square ...

Many Chicago-area Catholics are making the nearly 4,000-mile pilgrimage to the Vatican to witness the inauguration Mass, eager to celebrate one of their own rising to become Catholicism’s ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will attend the inaugural Mass of newly elected Pope Leo on Sunday, along with many other world leaders, the Vatican said.