Photos: Pope Leo marks first year leading the Catholic Church
FILE PHOTO: Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV presides over a Prayer Vigil and Rosary for Peace, in Saint Peter square at the Vatican, October 11, 2025. REUTERS/Matteo Minnella/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV celebrates a Mass for the Jubilee of the World of Education and proclaims St. John Henry Newman as "Doctor of the Church" in Saint Peter's Square, at the Vatican, November 1, 2025. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV holds a candle as he arrives to lead the Easter Vigil in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 4, 2026. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A bird flies by as Pope Leo XIV leads the Angelus prayer from the window of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican, October 26, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo
A person holds a flag that reads "Peace" as Pope Leo XIV arrives for his first general audience May 21, 2025, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
Pope Leo XIV meets with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians and pastoral workers at the Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, known as the St. Esprit Cathedral, during his first apostolic journey Nov. 28 in Istanbul, Turkey.
FILE PHOTO: A U.S. flag is held up as Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful from the popemobile ahead of his inaugural Mass in Saint Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, May 18, 2025. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV presides over a Liturgy of the Word, after inaugurating a new Vatican-run ecological training centre, Borgo Laudato Si', a space comprising of gardens and agricultural land on the sprawling grounds of the papal villa in Castel Gandolfo, a small hamlet on the outskirts of Rome, Italy, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV and other faith leaders, international advocacy groups, and diplomatic representatives attend a peace event, part of the International Meeting "Daring Peace", outside the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, October 28, 2025. REUTERS/Vincenzo Livieri/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV presides over the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession during Good Friday celebrations, at the Colosseum, in Rome, Italy, April 3, 2026. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: 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. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV attends a peace event, with other faith leaders, international advocacy groups, and diplomatic representatives, as part of the International Meeting "Daring Peace", outside the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, October 28, 2025. REUTERS/Vincenzo Livieri/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV meets with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians and pastoral workers at the Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, known as the St. Esprit Cathedral, during his first apostolic journey, in Istanbul, Turkey, November 28, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV visits St. Paul Catholic Hospital, in Douala, Cameroon, April 17, 2026. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV presides over a Prayer Vigil and Rosary for Peace, in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 11, 2026. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV arrives to hold a holy Mass for peace and justice at Bamenda airport in Bamenda, Cameroon, April 16, 2026. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV meets Harlem Globetrotters during the weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 8, 2026. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Pope Leo XIV releases a bird next to Archbishop of Bamenda Andrew Fuanya Nkea and other officials after a meeting for peace April 16 with the community of Bamenda in Saint Joseph’s Cathedral in Bamenda, Cameroon.
FILE PHOTO: A general view of Saint Peter's Square as Pope Leo XIV holds his inaugural Mass at the Vatican, May 18, 2025. REUTERS/Claudia Greco/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV carries a cross as he arrives in procession to preside over the Mass for the Holy See Jubilee, at the Vatican, June 9, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV holds a silent prayer at the site of the Beirut port blast in August 2020, during his first apostolic journey, in Beirut, Lebanon December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/Pool/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: An attendee's phone light glares as Pope Leo XIV greets people from the popemobile, on the day of the welcome Mass of the Jubilee of Youth in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, July 29, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nard/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV washes and kisses the foot of a clergy member during the Holy Thursday Mass at the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano (Basilica of St. John Lateran) in Rome, Italy April 2, 2026. REUTERS/Vincenzo Livieri/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with U.S Vice President JD Vance as they meet at the Vatican, May 19, 2025. Vatican Media/Simone Risoluti/Handout via REUTERS
Pope Leo marks his first year leading the Catholic Church on Friday with a higher public profile and a ramped-up schedule.