VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace in the world, offering a message of communion during an ...
Roman Catholic cardinals attended a public mass in St. Peter's Basilica just a few hours before the start of the conclave to elect a new pope. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re presided over the service, ...
Tbells of Rome tolled on Easter Monday, 2025, as news spread of Pope Francis' death at 88, marking the end of a transformative papacy that began in 2013. Thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square for ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A few thousand pilgrims, many of them young families with multiple children and the women covering their heads with lace veils, packed the altar area of the basilica to standing ...
VATICAN CITY – A top American cardinal celebrated a traditional Latin Mass on Saturday in St. Peter's Basilica with the explicit permission of Pope Leo XIV, thrilling traditionalist Catholics who had ...