A last-minute phone call to the mayor meant that a 200-person Eucharistic procession, led by the Rev. Father Boniface Hicks, ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, is beginning his ministry with a historic ceremony at St. Peter’s Square, blending ...

Usha embraced Catholic tradition at the mass in all-black, which is expected of most women at the pontiff's first service.

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

On Sunday morning, May 18, a Mass for the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV will take place in St. Peter's Square ...

The heraldic design of Leo’s papal coat of arms features a fleur-de-lis on a blue background, symbolizing the Virgin Mary, ...

White smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling to the world that the conclave had concluded. Before the ...

who gives himself in the Eucharist, would lead them, like St. Peter in the day’s Gospel, to respond, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Cardinal Tobin told the children ...

Her name was Solitude, she was a slave and she was pregnant. And she was also the symbol of a revolution. Her statue, the first of a Black woman to be erected in the city, has stood since September ...

Many Black inventors struggled through hardship, poverty, and, in some circumstances, slavery. Still, they prevailed and proved their genius to the world. The following are but a few of the many ...

The Royal Anthem, “God Save the King,” originated as a patriotic song in England in the 18th century. Neither the author nor the composer is known. In Canada, the anthem is performed officially in the ...

The Crown’s rim bears stylized maple leaves, the quintessential symbol of Canada, as well as rising and falling peaks representing Canada’s varied landscape with its many mountain ranges and river ...