An open Popemobile that transported Pope Leo XIV on Sunday morning through the Plaza de San Pedro in El Vaticano, where Miles have gathered ahead of the newly chosen opening mass of the US Pontiff.
Pope Leo XIV greets the multitude of Popemobile before a Holy Mass for the beginning of his pontificate, in the Plaza de San Pedro in El Vaticano on May 18, 2025.
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The Mass, called the Holy Mass for the beginning of the Pontificate, will begin in the city of the Vatican on Sunday at 10 am local time, the Vatican press office said.
Pope Leo XIV in his Popemobile Tours St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican before the inaugural mass of his pontificate, Sunday, May 18, 2025.
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Megan Forrester of Abc News contributed to this report.
