VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic ... a rite of passage that has become synonymous with the papacy's global reach and mediatic draw. The 69-year-old ...

(UPDATE) VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV set the tone for his papacy Sunday with a call to stop exploiting nature and marginalizing the poor, before an audience including JD Vance and tens of thousands of ...

The modality for choosing a Pope THE election of a Pope, known as the papal conclave, is one of the most solemn and secretive ...

The next time they would hear that reading would be at the ceremony inaugurating the start of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy. As the cardinals gathered for general congregations before the conclave ...

(RNS) — The purpose of Vatican diplomacy is not to seek privileges, but to strengthen its evangelical mission at the service of humanity, Pope Leo XIV told ... in his papacy, he said.

VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV will formally take up his role as leader ... His homily on Sunday is likely to indicate some of the priorities for his papacy, having already made clear over the past ...

All four of Pope Leo XIV’s maternal great-grandparents were ... said she hopes that Leo's “genealogical roots and historic papacy will underscore that all roads in American Catholicism ...

history Pope Leo XIV's first address draws similarities to Pope Francis' papacy while preserving forsaken traditions Fox News Dennis Doyle, religious studies Pope Leo XIV has much work ahead on ...

Pope Leo has officially assumed the role as the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, taking part in a formal ceremony to mark the beginning of his papacy. Some 200,000 people gathered for ...

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