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

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

The Mass for the inauguration of Pope Leo ... this ceremony, Leo XIV will receive the pallium and the fisherman’s ring, two elements with profound theological and pastoral significance that ...

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 has two older brothers ... “His first name, Robert, is an Old German name meaning ‘bright fame.’” Sis said Pope Leo XIII was known for his landmark encyclical, Rerum Novarum ...

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 ...

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

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

“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 ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney took time during his visit to Rome for the Pope’s inaugural Mass to speak with reporters, and his Catholic faith was a topic that came up in their questions.

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 ...