The 69-year-old Chicago native is resuming the papal tradition of leaving the Vatican for the hot summer months in favor of ...

Leo XIV, a native of Chicago, can use his American upbringing to enhance significantly his papal ministry, but he must be ...

According to the master of liturgical ceremonies, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, Pope Leo will be both blessing and personally ...

See scenes from the June 22 blessing and dedication of the historic papal cross—first erected for Pope St. John Paul II’s ...

Date Set For Conclave To Elect New Pope The Vatican has announced when the conclave to elect the 267th Pope will begin following the death of Pope Francis. Funeral services were held for Francis in ...

The priests then gave the pope a blessing, he said. Pope Leo subsequently gave the three priests an "apostolic blessing with everyone else,” Urban told The Capital-Journal in a text message June 20.

Leo will stay at the papal retreat of Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, from 6-20 July for rest and again in August for the Assumption feast day. Pope Urban VIII built the palace in 1624 to provide ...

In 2019 our Peruvian Rachel’s Vineyard team met with then-Msgr. Prevost to ask for his blessing and support of their new Rachel’s Vineyard (El Viñedo de Raquel) site in the Archdiocese of Lima.

While on a video call with Cruz, Natori told the pontiff that her mother will be 101 in October. He then wished Cruz a happy birthday and gave her a papal blessing, Natori said.

Welcoming lay faithful as 'protagonists' The Pope also urged the Bishops of Italy to be attentive that the lay faithful, nourished by the Word of God and formed in the Social Doctrine of the Church, ...