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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV ’s inauguration Mass on Sunday morning in St. Peter’s Square and Basilica is a ritual filled ...

The Gospel passage, for instance, will focus on Jesus giving Peter responsibility as the shepherd of the church ... an image of the Mother of Good Counsel — an icon of Mary from a sanctuary ...

The ritual is meant to highlight the connection between the new pontiff and Saint Peter, the apostle chosen by Jesus to lead the early Church.

I was chosen, without any merit of my own, and now, with fear and trembling, I come to you as a brother, who desires to be ...

Paul and Barnabas continued on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia. On the sabbath they entered the synagogue and took their seats. Many Jews and worshipers who were converts to Judaism followed ...

Pope Leo XIV, in his inaugural Mass, cast a vision of a united church that offers God's unconditional love to everyone. He ...

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It was lunchtime when I turned on EWTN, and the ceremony was just beginning in the atrium of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.