Each language has its own way of greeting to begin a conversation. So no surprise, therefore, that, when we begin Mass, there is a greeting. After all, the Mass is a conversation. God speaks to us ...

Pope Leo XIV spurned JD Vance on Sunday, offering him a quick greeting after his inaugural mass while holding extensive ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

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

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, has vowed to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace ...

"May the Lord guide and sustain you as you embark on this weighty new ministry," wrote President Nelson, President Oaks, President Eyring.

Exciting? Kind of? I can’t really feign patriotism at this current political moment, but a Chicagoan pope will certainly please my Catholic mother-in-law, which is good enough for me.

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He celebrated the intimate Mass with the head of his Augustinian order and his brother, John, in the pews. In his homily, he recalled that Sunday was also the day that the Catholic Church ...

Whereas his predecessors delivered the greeting from the studio window of ... Earlier Sunday, Leo celebrated a private Mass near the tomb of St. Peter with head of his Augustinian order, the ...