From Coronation with Tiara to Simplicity of "the Beginning of the Petrine Ministry": Thus Changed the Beginning of Pontificate

Abolished the coronation of the pope, the ritual of the beginning of the pontificate is based on the reform of the Second Vatican Council, but combined with liturgies and millennial modes. "Start of the Petrine ministry of the Bishop of Rome" is the name given by the Vatican to the ceremony and which has a series of steps. I pray before the tomb of St. Peter Leo XIV will go down to the Vatican Grottos to pray together with the patriarchs of the …

The liturgical ceremony at the beginning of the pontificate changed with John Paul I, who did not want to maintain the tradition of being crowned with the papal tiara.