Following the centuries-old tradition, some of the faithful stopped first at the Franciscan cathedral to pray before walking ...

At the Protestant Revolution, rood screens were demolished and altar rails became the boundary markers between the nave and ...

Scottish priest scales Everest to keep a Christmas vow — and plants a seed for Nepal’s first high-altitude parish.

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They sing Gregorian chants in Latin, pray and receive Communion at a side chapel — inside the huge, nondenominational ...

Much has been reported about Pope Leo XIV's earliest days of playing priest at the family's home in Dolton, a suburb south of ...

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 ...

What’s the inauguration Mass? In most parts ... accompanied by the patriarchs of eastern rite Catholic churches — out to the altar set up in St. Peter’s Square. Meet and greet, from the ...

Columnist John Breunig explains what happened after he learned just before his father's funeral that the church wasn't ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV ’s inaugural Mass on Sunday morning ... by the patriarchs of eastern rite Catholic churches — out to the altar set up in St. Peter’s Square.

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, during an inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square.