VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated a private Mass on Sunday near the tomb of St. Peter, before he was to deliver his first Sunday noon blessing from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica.

Cardinal Robert Prevostmade his first public appearance as the new pope on Thursday evening, stepping onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica shortly after white smoke rose from the Sistine ...

Pope Leo XIV's first public appearance was from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica On May 8, 2025, Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church ...

As the bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled, signaling the election of a new pope, American Catholics gathered in Rome expressed both surprise and hope for the future of the church. Among them was ...

Cardinals entered St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday for a final Mass before the conclave to elect the successor to Pope Francis after his death last month. The Mass comes before the private ...

WORCESTER ― The former St. Peter-Marian High School building is back on the market, after plans to build a senior housing complex on the site evidently fell through. The former Catholic high ...

Vascular surgeons at St. Peter’s Hospital have performed the Capital Region’s first procedure of its kind to treat life-threatening aortic aneurysms. The surgeons have successfully performed ...

Pope Francis’ funeral took place in St. Peter’s Square early Saturday. He will be buried at St. Mary Major basilica, which is outside the Vatican. Since his death on April 21, the day after ...

St Peter’s Basilica was kept open almost all night on Wednesday, April 23, to accommodate huge crowds of mourners The church closed for just one hour Visitors can continue to pay their ...

VATICAN CITY — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher ...

Catholic cardinals performed the ritual ceremony on Wednesday to transfer Pope Francis’ body from his home in the Vatican hotel to St. Peter’s Basilica to offer three days of public viewing ...

As the sun climbed over the colonnades of St. Peter's Square this morning, a somber but resolute crowd gathered in growing numbers, stretching far beyond the marble balustrades and cobblestones.