Twelve graduates turned their tassels at the 74th commencement ceremony of the Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic School on St.

Habemus papam, we have a pope!” exclaimed Levi Meyer, a junior at St. John Vianney College Seminary (SJV) in St. Paul who is ...

(AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster ... the day by participating in a final pre-conclave Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. The dean of the College of ...

Cardinals entered St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday for a final Mass ... The Mass comes before the private process to select a new leader of the Catholic Church. The dean of the College of ...

Americans gathered in St ... Peter’s Basilica for the first time. They shared prayers, chants, and reflections on the unprecedented moment. Before he was pope, he was a math major at a Catholic ...

"The last thing I imagined was an American pope," said Daniel Runde, 21, a Catholic from the United States who was in St. Peter's Square with two friends. "From what I saw as Pope Leo XIV stepped ...

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church. Vice President JD Vance was among the dignitaries ...

The smoke appeared around 9 p.m. local time in Vatican City, as thousands looked on from St. Peter’s Square below. The plume came a full 90 minutes past the time the College of Cardinals was set ...