Pope Paul VI was the last to use this privilege ... It was indeed a rich triple crown, symbolizing sovereignty over the Pontifical State with the first crown, spiritual power over the secular ...

Pope Leo XIV ... using a papal crown in 1964, the installation Mass included a solemn moment when the pontiff was crowned with an elaborate gold and jewel-encrusted tiara. The pope would not ...

But many of them also used symbols of monarchy, such as the triple papal tiara or crown. Pope Paul VI, whose papacy was from 1963-1978, was the last to wear the tiara and to have a coronation ...

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 of the most opulent artifacts ...