"Just moments before Jesus took his last breath, finished the work of redemption, and gave up his spirit to his heavenly ...

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Preaching in the Sistine Chapel on May 9 to the cardinals who elected him, the first pope born in the United States opened ...

"The whole church, united with us in prayer, insistently invokes the grace of the Holy Spirit so that a worthy pastor for the ...

From the Gospel according to John 19:19-20: Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the Cross; it read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews". Many of the Jews read this title, for the place ...

Where Christians are "mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied" is where the Catholic Church's "missionary ...

Leo presided over his first Mass Friday morning, speaking off-the-cuff in English in the Sistine Chapel and acknowledging the ...

The heraldic design of Leo’s papal coat of arms features a fleur-de-lis on a blue background, symbolizing the Virgin Mary, ...

Local school administrators nominated students who have shown outstanding academic and school achievement. See this week's ...

Pope Leo XIV gives his homily while celebrating his first Mass as pope with the cardinals who elected him in the Sistine ...