The Vatican had announced that Pope Leo XIV will be inaugurated on Sunday, May 18, 2925, in St Peter’s Square.
World leaders will gather for the event which will be held 10 days after the election of Robert Francis Prevost as the first United States head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
The Vatican said the new pontiff will meet with journalists on Monday and with diplomats accredited to the Holy See the following Friday. 
His first general audience will be on Wednesday May 21, 2025, and he will meet with members of the Roman Curia, top Vatican officials, on May 24, 2025.
Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American-born cleric and seasoned Vatican official, was elected Pope on Thursday, May 8, 2025, taking the name Leo XIV.
