Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei.

GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary ... title for Mary is precisely “mother of God,” or Theotokos in the original Greek.

Even many of the less-than-devout know what it means to throw a Hail Mary. The oldest title for Mary is precisely “mother of God,” or Theotokos in the original Greek. It was chosen after ...

Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary ... The oldest title for Mary is precisely “mother of God,” or Theotokos in the original Greek.