Follow the journey of Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead the Catholic Church

Pope Leo XIV prays in front of a tomb of Pope Francis, as he visits Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome, Italy, May 10, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd during the Regina Caeli prayer from the main central loggia of St Peter's basilica in The Vatican, on May 11, 2025.

Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner meets Pope Leo XIV during a private audience at the Vatican, May 14, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives in the Popemobile ahead of the Inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV in St Peter's Square on May 18, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Leo XIV (formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost) presided over his inauguration mass in St Peter's Square after his election on May 8th.

Pope Leo XIV leads a Holy mass for the beginning of his pontificate, in St Peter's square in The Vatican on May 18, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV arrives to lead a Holy Mass for the Beginning of his Pontificate in St Peter's square in The Vatican on May 18, 2025.

Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle puts the Fisherman's Ring on the finger of Pope Leo XIV during a mass for the beginning of his pontificate, in St Peter's square in The Vatican on May 18, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Regina Caeli prayer after a Holy Mass for the Beginning of his Pontificate, in St Peter's square in The Vatican on May 18, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV blesses a baby during the weekly general audience at St Peter's Square in The Vatican on May 21, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV greets people as he holds his first general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, May 21, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV waves to faithful waiting outside at the end of a holy mass as he takes possession at Saint John Lateran archbasilica in Rome, on May 25, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd from the main central balcony of Saint John Lateran archbasilica after a holy mass in Rome, on May 25, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV wears a Chicago White Sox cap, on the day of his general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican June 11, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd during the weekly general audience at St Peter's Square in The Vatican on June 18, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd during the weekly general audience at St Peter's Square in The Vatican on June 25, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV blesses a little girl presented to him during the weekly general audience at St Peter's Square in The Vatican on June 25, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV waves the people from the terrace of the summer papal estate where he arrives for a two-week stay in Castel Gandolfo, 40 km southeast of Rome, on July 6, 2025. The newly elected Pope Leo XIV, revives a long-standing papal tradition paused under Francis, as Castel Gandolfo prepares to welcome a pope for the first time in over a decade.

Pope Leo XIV arrives for a weekly general audience at St. Peter's square in the Vatican on July 30, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV waves at the end of a general audience at St. Peter's square in the Vatican on July 30, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV waves to faithful from the popemobile as he attends a vigil for the Jubilee of Youth in Tor Vergata, in Rome, Italy August 2, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV (C) holds the cross as he arrives in Rome's eastern Tor Vergata neighbourhood for a prayer vigil before Sunday Mass as part of the Jubilee of Youth, on August 2, 2025. Thousands of young Catholics began assembling on August 2, 2025 for an evening prayer vigil led by Pope Leo XIV, the culmination of a week-long pilgrimage and a key event in the Jubilee holy year that is expected to draw up to a million people.

Pope Leo XIV holds a hat on the day of a Mass for Jubilee of Youth in Tor Vergata, in Rome, Italy, August 3, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV leads a mass in the Tor Vergata district of Rome, as part of Jubilee of Youth, on August 3, 2025. Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people, the culmination of a youth pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world.