For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history's first American pope offered a message of healing during an inaugural Mass in St.

In a Wednesday audience last October, Pope Francis explained that we see “the Spirit work for unity in two ways,” both driving the church outward to embrace all and gathering it inwards to ...

The Holy Father made the statement in a message published May 29 and sent to participants commemorating the 500th anniversary ...

Pope Leo XIV took his message of building bridges and promoting dialogue to the Roman Curia on Saturday, in his first ...

In a historic celebration, Pope Leo XIV, the first United States-born pontiff in the nearly 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, made a pledge to work for unity during his inauguration mass on ...

Pope Leo XIV ... His call for unity was significant, given the polarization in the Catholic Church in the United States and beyond. Francis’ radical 12-year pontificate, which emphasized ...

Pope Leo XIV vowed ... His call for unity was significant given the polarization within the Roman Catholic Church in the United States and beyond. Francis’ 12-year pontificate, which emphasized ...

Pope Leo XIV spoke of unity and those suffering due to war during ... pope said he "strongly felt the spiritual presence of Pope Francis accompanying us from heaven." He concluded by inviting ...

Pope Leo XIV ... His call for unity was significant, given the polarization in the Catholic Church in the United States and beyond. Francis’ radical 12-year pontificate, which emphasized ...