(18 May 2025)
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Vatican City – 18 May 2025
1. Wide of St. Peter’s Basilica with faithful walking towards piazza
2. Various of police checking faithful as they pass barrier
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kalen Hill, visitor from the US:
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“I would say all the Americans are emotional about it. Having an American Pope is not something we ever thought would happen. It’s kind of been the inside thing that they don’t typically elect Americans to do that, so it is really exciting for us to be here.”
4. Various of people waiting behind barriers
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Salvatore Del Rio, visitor from Mexico:
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“I am here so early so that I can enter into the Mass for Pope Leo. I am very emotional, very happy because this is the mass in which the Pope inaugurates his ministry and his pastoral activities."
6. Various of police checking faithful as they pass barrier
7. Various of faithful walking past police
STORYLINE:
Thousands of people lined up at dawn at the perimeter of the Vatican waiting to be the first to pass through security checks and get a spot at the investiture mass for Pope Leo XIV.
Nuns saying the rosary rubbed shoulders with Americans waving the stars and stripes, eager to be a witness as the first Pope born in the United States took on the ornaments of his office, the pallium and the fisherman’s ring, as he becomes the 267th successor of St. Peter.
U.S. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States was elected Pope in a surprising fast conclave that concluded on May 8th after four rounds of balloting.
Officials expect 250,000 faithful to attend his investiture Mass and over hundred delegations from all over the world, including the U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Kings and Queens from Spain, Monaco and the Netherlands were also expected.
AP video by Isaia Montelione, produced by Trisha Thomas
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