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Rome: Pope Leo XIV issued a powerful call for peace during his first Sunday address ... delivering the Regina Caeli prayer from St Peter’s Basilica.Credit: Getty Images Leo will face the ...

As he has done in every major appearance since being named pope, Leo XIV invoked the name of his predecessor before a massive throng of 150,000 during his first Sunday blessing in St Peter ...

Pope Leo XIV is set to deliver his inaugural Sunday blessing from the Vatican, continuing a tradition started by Pope Pius XII in 1954. This weekly event, featuring the Angelus prayer to Mary ...

in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures suggesting a message of unity in a polarized Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter ...

For thousands of Catholic pilgrims in Rome, it’s the unmissable Vatican appointment: the midday Sunday blessing the pope delivers from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square. The new pope ...

Tens of thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Square to watch Pope Leo XIV deliver the first Sunday blessing of his pontificate exactly at noon.

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CHICAGO — Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Sunday noon blessing from ... first American elected to lead the Catholic Church. Known as the Angelus blessing, Pope Leo — the former Robert Prevost ...

in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures suggesting a message of unity in a polarized Catholic Church. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.