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The sounds of an organ bellows across the pews of the hall of the St. Anne Catholic Church in Youngsville ... Russo as he stands in front of the church's altar. The Italian made organ sounds ...

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Frank Connor, a member of the Order of Saint Augustine, a mendicant religious order within the Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIV "being an American, first off, is historic. Then, being from Chicago ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, presided over his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday in front of a crowd of tens of thousands. World leaders including Vice President JD Vance ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday formally began his ministry as head of the 1.4 billion members of the universal Catholic Church ... was placed to the left of the altar. “This is the hour for love!” ...

vowing to preserve the Catholic Church's heritage and not rule like "an autocrat". After a first ride in the popemobile through an estimated crowd of up to 200,000 in St Peter's Square and ...