When Is Pope Leo's Inauguration?
Once we knew the new pontiff's name (and nationality), the next question inevitably became: When is the papal inauguration? While there is no fixed rule requiring a certain gap between conclave and inauguration, it typically occurs within a week.
After Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected on March 13, 2013, he was inaugurated as Pope Francis I on March 19. Benedict XVI was elected on April 19, 2005, and his inauguration took place five days later on April 24. The timing allows the pope to prepare for public ministry and to meet with senior Vatican officials before formally beginning his role. The inauguration mass then marks the official start of the new papacy and draws a large global audience, with more than 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, according to the Vatican.
Breaking with tradition ever-so-slightly, the break between conclave and the formal inauguration will be a bit longer. The papal inauguration for Pope Leo XIV, née Robert Prevost, will take place this Sunday, May 18.
Pope Leo, the first American pope, was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1955. He is also an alumnus of Philadelphia's Villanova University. That's all to say: Time zone conversions are going to be key for American Catholics eager to witness the crowning of the new head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Truly embracing the digital age, the Vatican made it relatively easy to follow along with the conclave to elect the new pope this month with a 24/7 livestream on YouTube. Vatican News, the official news source for the Holy See, broadcasts in multiple languages, including English. The outlet's YouTube page has already been broadcasting a number of events live and making them available to watch later, such as Pope Leo's first mass as pontiff on May 9 and his address from St. Peter's Balcony the day prior. There will be a free livestream of the papal inauguration with a replay available later.
Similar to the funeral of Pope Francis, you can expect that all the major news networks will be broadcasting live from Vatican City. If you can't watch on TV, most networks make their live feeds available online by logging into your respective streaming account.
Americans should prepare themselves for an early day, wherever they are stateside, but time zones closer to the Atlantic have an advantage. Rome and Vatican City are six hours ahead of New York and nine hours ahead of Los Angeles, just to give you an idea.
The mass itself is expected to start at 10 a.m. Central European Time (CET), but the news networks will start coverage at least an hour sooner, following his trip from the papal residence to St. Peter's Square.
Here's when coverage for Pope Leo's papal inauguration is expected to start by U.S. time zones:
Eastern Time: 3:00 a.m.
Central Time: 2:00 a.m.
Mountain Time: 1:00 a.m.
Pacific Time: 12:00 a.m. (midnight)
Alaska Time: 11:00 p.m. (Saturday, May 17)
Hawaii-Aleutian Time: 9:00 p.m. (Saturday, May 17)
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