On Sunday morning the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Hermitage, Pennsylvania held their 125th anniversary celebration ...

in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures suggesting a message of unity in a polarized Catholic Church. “This is a project that has been in the works for ...

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Tens of thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Square to watch Pope Leo XIV deliver the first Sunday blessing of his pontificate exactly at noon.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, previously known as Robert Francis Prevost, gave his first ...

VATICAN CITY — For thousands of Catholic pilgrims in Rome, it’s the unmissable Vatican appointment: the midday Sunday blessing ... the church, but rather turning to prayer because of his ...

Pope Leo XIV called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages and delivery of humanitarian aid in his first Sunday noon blessing as ...

Pope Leo XIV gave his first Sunday blessing in St. Peter’s Square, calling for peace on Earth in his second large-scale address to the faithful. “I, too, address the world’s great powers by ...

CHICAGO — Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Sunday noon blessing from ... first American elected to lead the Catholic Church. Known as the Angelus blessing, Pope Leo — the former Robert Prevost ...

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