Nine new priests lie face down on the ground during their ordination ceremony lead by Pope Francis, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis poses for a group photo with newly ordained priests after he told them they could remove their face masks, used to curb the spread of COVID-19, at the end of their ordination ceremony, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis spreads incense during a ceremony to ordain nine new priests, standing in front of him and wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis greets relatives of newly ordained priests at the end of their ordination ceremony, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis tells newly ordained priests to remove their face masks, used to curb the spread of COVID-19, for a group photo at the end of their ordination ceremony, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Prelates, wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19, attend a ceremony led by Pope Francis to ordain nine new priests, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

New priests lie face down on the ground during their ordination ceremony lead by Pope Francis, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis tells newly ordained priests to remove their face masks, used to curb the spread of COVID-19, for a group photo at the end of their ordination ceremony, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis puts his hands on the head of a newly ordained priest during a ceremony inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis tells newly ordained priests to remove their face masks, used to curb the spread of COVID-19, for a group photo at the end of their ordination ceremony, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis leads a ceremony to ordain nine new priests, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis, center, surrounded by prelates wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19, arrives inside St. Peter's Basilica to lead a ceremony to ordain nine new priests, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis poses for a group photo with newly ordained priests, wearing face masks, used to curb the spread of COVID-19, at the end of their ordination ceremony, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

A new priest lie face down on the ground during his ordination ceremony lead by Pope Francis, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)