Around 6 a.m., thousands of people began to file into St. Peter’s Square for Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass. Thousands of volunteers from the Red Cross and other groups took positions in the streets ...

Spain’s confraternities often make headlines in the foreign press as their Holy Week processions have become a tourist ...

The Catholic Church during the Council of Trent (1545-1563) issued a clear statement concerning images and statues. According to the 25th Session of this General Council: The images of Christ and ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV. The Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and ...

He brought Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 to serve as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations from around the world, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV, has a patchwork background that speaks to the melting pot that is the United States — and his birthplace, the ...

The Catholic Church has elected its first American pope in history: Cardinal Robert Prevost. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Chicago native Pope Leo XIV called for unity in an increasingly divided world Sunday during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s ...

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The first American pope started the day by taking his first tour through the piazza in the popemobile. The open-topped ...

The blessed palms are later kept in the home as a witness to faith in Jesus Christ, the Messianic King ... images just before the Easter vigil Mass on Holy Saturday. On Holy Thursday, the Catholic ...