What awaits the Pope in the coming days

He celebrated his first mass this Friday, May 9 in the morning, to close the conclave that elected him. Léon XIV takes possession of the Chair of Saint Peter, installation marked by various essential meetings, and scrutinized by the whole world. The first of them, whose date is certain, is the prayer of Regina Caeli From this Sunday, at 12 noon, which the Pope will chase from the Loggia of the Saint-Pierre Basilica in Rome. This is a prayer addressed to the Virgin Mary, who already seems to count a lot for Léon XIV: the pope finished his first speech Thursday evening with a “I greet you Marie” prayed with the crowd.

Monday, May 12 at 10 a.m., journalists who covered the conclave are expected to be room Paul VI for an audience with the new sovereign pontiff, as François had done in 2013.

The pontificate inauguration mass, Place Saint-Pierre, will take place on Sunday, May 18. Heads of state around the world and those responsible for the different branches of the church are expected.

Obligations awaiting date

Leon XIV will also have to hold two importance audiences: one with the representatives of churches and cults, the other with the diplomatic corps of the Holy See – no less than 184 countries maintain diplomatic relations with the smallest state in the world.

It is unknown for the moment whether the new pope will keep the apartments of the Sainte-Marthe house, like his predecessor, or else will return to the Pontifical Palace, as it was the use to François.

In any case, no question of returning to its Peruvian diocese or its native United States. In 2013, François had left Argentina to attend the Conclave, and had never returned there with all his pontificate.