VATICAN CITY — As Pope Leo XIV's papacy reaches its 20th day, he began with his first papal audiences, popemobile rides, Angelus liturgies, and also took possession of his four papal basilicas as the new Bishop of Rome.
Pope Leo XIV greets people as he arrives in the popemobile to St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican May 21, 2025, ahead of his first weekly general audience. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Leo XIV blesses a baby as he rides in the popemobile around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his first weekly general audience May 21, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Leo XIV wears a traditional shawl presented as a gift by a bishop as he greets prelates at the conclusion of his first weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican May 21, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Leo XIV greets visitors as he rides in the popemobile following his first weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican May 21, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Leo XIV greets Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, during a meeting with the national directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Vatican's Clementine Hall May 22, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
A religious sister gives Pope Leo XIV a jar of cookies at the end of his meeting with the national directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Vatican's Clementine Hall May 22, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Leo XIV waves during a meeting with officials and employees of the Roman Curia, Vatican City State and the Diocese of Rome in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican May 24, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Leo XIV gives his blessing to officials and employees of the Roman Curia, Vatican City State and the Diocese of Rome during a meeting in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican May 24, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Leo XIV greets a member of the Swiss Guard during a meeting with officials and employees of the Roman Curia, Vatican City State and the Diocese of Rome in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican May 24, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Leo XIV greets religious sisters during a meeting with officials and employees of the Roman Curia, Vatican City State and the Diocese of Rome in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican May 24, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Leo XIV and Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri shake hands after exchanging remarks in Aracoeli Square in Rome May 25, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome May 25, 2025. During the liturgy, the pope officially took possession of the basilica, his cathedral as bishop of Rome. (CNS photo/Cristian Gennari, pool)
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome May 25, 2025. During the liturgy, the pope officially took possession of the basilica, his cathedral as bishop of Rome. (CNS photo/Cristian Gennari, pool)
Pope Leo XIV prays before the "Salus Populi Romani," ("Salvation of the Roman People"), a Marian icon in a chapel of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, May 25, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Leo XIV prays before the "Salus Populi Romani," ("Salvation of the Roman People"), a Marian icon in a chapel of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, May 25, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Leo XIV waves after visiting the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome May 25, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Leo XIV greets those gathered outside the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome after he celebrated Mass May 25, 2025. The pope officially took possession of the basilica, his cathedral as bishop of Rome. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Leo XIV visits the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, May 25, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Leo XIV visits the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, May 25, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Leo XIV greets people as he departs from the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome May 25, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Leo XIV greets those gathered outside the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome May 25, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
