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ROME -- Pope Leo XIV celebrated on Wednesday what has been dubbed the first “green” papal Mass, using a new set of prayers ...
Leo XIV is expected to visit Nicaea — located in modern-day İznik in northwestern Turkey — to celebrate the 1,700th ...
Reflecting on the Parable of the Good Samaritan, the Pope called for a ‘revolution of love.’ This Sunday was the first time ...
Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass in English and Italian. Leo celebrated his first Mass as pope in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on May 9.The multilingual service began as Leo processed in and ...
Thousands of people streamed to a small Italian hilltop village not far from Rome on Sunday, to hear Pope Leo deliver his first Angelus prayer.
Pope Leo XIV launches his first full week as leader of the world's Catholics on Monday, with journalists, diplomats and top Vatican officials all set to meet the newly elected pontiff. Pomp and ...
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass with the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, May 9. The pontiff, born Robert Francis Prevost, was elected on May 8 following a two-day conclave.
Vice President and former Ohio Sen. JD Vance, a Catholic convert who still has a home in Cincinnati, also welcomed the arrival of the first American pope. "Congratulations to Leo XIV, the first ...
Pope Francis, who became the first South American and first Jesuit to ascend to the most powerful position in the Catholic Church, has died at age 88 — just one day after Easter Sunday.
Pope Francis makes his first general audience in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City on March, 27, 2013. Credit: Universal Images Group via Getty/Andia. By The Associated PressUpdated April 21, 2025.
Pope Leo XIV prayed the Angelus on Sunday, July 13, from Castel Gandolfo, where he is taking a two-week summer break.