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Pope Leo XIV is marking a feast day as the Vatican launches a new campaign to boost donations from the faithful.
According to the master of liturgical ceremonies, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, Pope Leo will be both blessing and personally ...
Vatican City, Jun 16, 2025 / 06:00 am The Vatican Museums inaugurated June 12 the exhibition “Paul VI and Jacques Maritain: The Renewal of Sacred Art Between France and Italy (1945–1973),” a ...
Pope Paul VI in 1968 made the use of the zucchetto mandatory for members of the hierarchy, although other clerics, including priests, may use it. The pope’s zucchetto is white.
This Haverhill couple gave the pope a White Sox hat — but don’t worry, they’re Red Sox fans “I just wanted to make sure everyone at home knew that we did not turn on our team.
The first U.S.-born pope is from Chicago and attended graduate school in Hyde Park. An underdog in the papal conclave, Cardinal Robert Prevost shocked the world when he made his debut as Pope Leo XIV ...
See scenes from the June 22 blessing and dedication of the historic papal cross—first erected for Pope St. John Paul II’s 1979 Philadelphia visit, later located at the seminary’s Overbrook campus, and ...
Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native and the first American pope, wore a White Sox baseball cap during a public appearance at the Vatican, setting the tone for his papal style.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will resume the papal tradition of taking a summer break outside Rome, the Vatican announced on Tuesday. Leo will transfer to the papal retreat of Castel ...
Leo will transfer to the papal retreat of Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, from July 6-20 “for a period of rest” and again for a few days over the Catholic Assumption feast day in August, the ...