The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Wednesday for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of ...

Pope Leo XIV is also enacting a plan to build a solar farm that would make Vatican City the world’s first carbon-neutral ...

Francis’ predecessor Pope Benedict XVI had issued a 2007 apostolic letter called Summorum Pontificum, which acknowledged the right of all priests to say Mass using the Roman Missal of 1962.

A general view of St. Peter's Square during the Easter Mass attended by Pope Francis, at the Vatican, March 31, 2024. Remo Casilli / REUTERS ...

Pope Francis celebrating mass on Sunday, March 16, 2025, in his chapel at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy. (Holy See Press Office) "The Pope spent the day in prayer, resting, and doing some ...

Pope Francis limited the Traditional Latin Mass to promote unity within the Catholic Church and among its followers. ... Pope Benedict XVI, who had allowed all priests to say the Latin Mass.

Francis’ predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, had relaxed restrictions on the old Latin Mass, also called the Tridentine Mass, in 2007. It was a move seen as reflective of a shift toward ...

The Pontiff did not lead the Easter mass, with Cardinal Angelo Comastri, a retired archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, taking his place and delivering the homily that Francis has prepared.

Pope Francis gives Communion at the end of the first mass of his visit to Cuba in Havana’s Revolution Square, September 20, 2015. REUTERS/Claudia Daut – RTS2028 ...

Pope Francis gives Communion at the end of the first mass of his visit to Cuba in Havana’s Revolution Square, Sept. 20, 2015. (Reuters/Claudia Daut) ...