An open-topped popemobile carrying Pope Leo XIV drove through St Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday morning, ahead of his inaugural mass.

Pope Leo XIV during his first Mass as pontiff on Sunday appeared to take a subtle dig at President Donald Trump. The pope was also said to have snubbed Vice President JD Vance after the Mass, even though the two men met the following day.

Bishop Polanco celebrated his last Mass at the Teruel seminary and was arrested eight days later, remaining a prisoner of the Republican forces for 13 months.

Pope Leo XIV and U.S. Vice President JD Vance have met ahead of a flurry of U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to make progress on a ceasefire in Russia's war Ukraine.

The service marks the official start of Leo's papacy just under a month after the death of his predecessor, Pope Francis. The ceremony began with a procession from St. Peter's Basilica — where Leo and other church leaders visited St. Peter's tomb to pray — to St. Peter's Square, where the Inauguration Mass was held.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV affirmed Friday that the family is founded on the “stable union between a man and a woman,” and that the unborn and elderly enjoy dignity as God’s creatures, articulating clear Catholic teaching on marriage and abortion at the start of his pontificate.