The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass at St. Peter’s Square is an ancient ritual filled with symbolism that connects back to Peter, ...

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There, she prayed on her knees before a painting of the Virgin Mary, beseeching God for the grace to enter the Carmelite ...

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful. Pope Leo XIV closed the first ...

The Catholic Church’s first pope from the Augustinian order is already helping to educate the faithful through his deep ...

The election of Chicago-born and raised and Villanova-educated Cardinal Robert F. Prevost as pope at a time when the United States’ role on the world stage has never been more divisive has been ...

Leo urged an end to the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. "I carry in my heart the suffering of the beloved ...

On his way back to the Vatican, Leo stopped by the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, and prayed before the tomb of Pope ... the Sanctuary of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Rome, Italy, May 10, ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost is elected Pope Leo XIV, greeting the world with a message of peace from St. Peter’s Basilica. A new ...

The newly elected Pope, Leo XIV, on Thursday, gave his first address from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica, shortly after ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered a message of hope, unity, and peace in his first public address as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church.