“I wanna wish you a merry Christmas!” In the lead-up to his papacy, Chiclayo, Peru’s fifth largest city, has played a central role in Leo XIV’s rise through the Catholic Church.

Leo, 69 and born in the United States, arrived in the city in 2014, serving as administrator and then bishop until his predecessor, Pope Francis, summoned him to Rome in 2023. After he was ...

The Catholic Church has a new pope, and he’s from the United States. Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago native who has spent decades working in Peru, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

A video of Pope Leo XIV singing the Christmas carol Feliz Navidad (Merry Christmas) in 2014 in Chiclayo has gone viral on social media and shows the closeness and warmth he had with the youth in the ...

A video of Pope Leo XIV singing the Christmas carol Feliz Navidad (Merry Christmas) in 2014 in Chiclayo has gone viral on social media and shows the closeness and warmth he had with the youth in the ...

On Christmas Eve, Stella shared a photo on social media of her husband smiling as he held a lamb, alongside the caption: "Merry Christmas to everyone from Julian, Stella, and our kids, Gabriel and ...

Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange was spotted among crowds at the funeral of Pope Francis in one of his few public appearance since his release from prison last year. Assange was pictured with his ...

Then Pope Benedict rekindled our reason, as this towering intellect insisted that God’s best gifts to us were faith and reason, the two an awesome symphony. Bring on Pope Francis.

If you need a little help in the inspiration department, we’ve gathered a list of the best Christmas quotes to jot down in a card, post on Instagram or send to loved ones via text. In the ...

Pope Francis opened the great Holy Door at St. Peter’s, too, to mark the start of the 2025 Jubilee. Getty Images The pope marked his 12th Christmas as head of the Roman Catholic Church by also ...

"God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it." - Pope Francis ...

Merry Christmas 2024: The auspicious festival to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, who is considered the Son of God and Saviour of humanity, as per Christian beliefs, is here.