But the new pope, in 2025, has done something more than mark an anniversary. By choosing the name “Leo” and explicitly ...

The Mass for the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate will mark the official beginning of his ministry as successor of ...

Genazzano Municipality Administration, via Reuters Near the altar during Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural mass on Sunday was an image of the Virgin Mary — one that carries significant meaning to the ...

Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass at St. Peter’s Square is an ancient ritual filled with symbolism that connects back to Peter, ...

It is made of solid gold and engraved with Leo's name ... Pope Leo XIV has ended his inauguration mass with his blessing, finishing with the words “Benedicat vos omnipotens Deus,” meaning ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

Vista said that American Catholics are no longer excluded from Rome by having the U.S.’s first pope, but are now a complete ...

“Augustinian” is the word most often used to describe the cast of mind of Pope Leo XIV. He used it himself in his first papal ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Three conclaves set the stage for the moment when Pope Leo XIV stepped out onto the ... For these conclave participants, the name of Cardinal Robert Prevost emerged as ...

Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order, took the name Leo XIV. In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica ...