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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at tomb of St. Peter before greeting the masses for his noon blessing
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass on Sunday near the tomb of St. Peter, hours before he was to deliver his first Sunday noon ...
Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine and Gaza in symbolically rich blessing on Mother's Day
Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon ...
Pope Leo XIV Calls for End to War in First Sunday Blessing as Pontiff
The new pope echoed themes that Francis, his predecessor, regularly addressed, as he appeared in front of thousands of the ...
Pope Leo XIV Echoes Francis in His First Mass, Aligning Himself With ‘Ordinary People’
In his advocacy of the poor, migrants and a more open church, many people see the new pope as a continuation of his ...
Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass as details emerge of how votes coalesced in secret conclave
Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.
New Pope Leo XIV, celebrating first Mass, wants Church to be beacon of light
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier, warning of the ...
Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass with cardinals
The Mass comes less than a day after 133 cardinal electors selected Leo as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church.
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Pope Leo XIV's first full day as pontiff: Live updates from first Mass and more
A formal Mass to mark the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV will take place on May 18 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced the day after stunning the world with the election of the first pope ...