Pope Paul VI was the last to use this privilege in the pontificate inauguration ceremony in 1963. Dozens of leaders from around the world will gather again this Sunday in St. Peter's Square at the ...

It is part of the papal jewelry ritual that has sustained, long after the papal tiara was left behind (the last official Papal crown is from 1963).

While the tiara is still used as a symbol of the papacy on the coat of arms of the Holy See and of the Vatican City State, it hasn't featured on a pope's personal coat of arms since Pope Benedict ...

The tiara’s glittering past While Pope Leo XIV, like his recent predecessors, is unlikely to don the papal tiara — a triple-crowned headpiece entrenched in medieval grandeur — it remains one ...

Over the centuries, there were multiple versions of the papal crown. The tiara received by Paul VI on June 30, 1963, was brand new, presented by the Catholics of Pope Paul’s former archdiocese ...

By Christopher Lamb, Sophie Tanno and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Rome (CNN) — Leo XIV, the first ever American pope, condemned the exploitation of the poor and called for unity in the church during ...

The Choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception from Washington, D.C., performed at Saint Mary ...

By Christopher Lamb, Sophie Tanno and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Rome (CNN) — Leo XIV, the first ever American pope, condemned the exploitation of the poor and called for unity in the church during ...

Papal inauguration ceremonies have changed over the years. For centuries it also involved a “coronation,” which included placing the papal tiara on the new pope’s head.