Pope Leo XIV incenses the altar of the Sistine Chapel during his first Mass as pope, Friday, May 9, 2025. Credit: Vatican Media ...

The 69-year-old, sometimes referred to in Rome as the "Latin Yankee" for his decades-long missions in Peru, returned Friday to the Sistine Chapel to preside over a private mass with cardinals ...

Leon XIV officiates his first mass as pontiff with the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel this Friday, a day after his election after four votes by his 132 fellow cardinals in the conclave convened ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV holds Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel, Friday, May 9, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP) ...

VATICAN CITY, — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass as the head of the Catholic ...

The Mass in the Sistine Chapel, steeped in centuries of tradition, was a solemn and symbolic beginning to Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate. Read Also: CAN hails election of Pope Leo XIV Surrounded by ...

Around 100,000 people cheered him in St Peter’s Square on Thursday after white smoke emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a new pontiff had been chosen. (dpa/NAN) ...

VATICAN CITY, — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass as the head of the Catholic ...

VATICAN CITY, — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass as the head of the Catholic ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV holds Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel, Friday, May 9, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP) ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV holds Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel, Friday, May 9, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP) ...