In his final weeks, Pope Francis worked to leave his successor a cleaner slate. Holed up in his modest office, he met with advisors who laid out a grim financial picture: the Vatican was sliding deeper into a paralyzing deficit. Its pension fund alone …
Pope Leo XIV, who was elected as new pontiff on May 8, is set to mark his inauguration ceremony this week. The 267th Pontiff and Bishop of Rome started his first full day as Pontiff with a mass at the Sistine Chapel on May 9. The Chicago-born churchman, …
Ahead of his address, staff members decorated the balcony for the ceremony. Unlike previous popes, instead of speaking from the Apostolic Palace window, he stood at the centre of St Peter’s Square, at the heart of the Church. (Image: AP) (Image: AP)
In his first Sunday address, Pope Leo XIV explicitly condemned Russia’s imperialist war in Ukraine — a striking departure from his predecessor’s careful ambiguity. For Ukrainians long frustrated by Vatican equivocation, this moral clarity arrives at a …
Rome (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to thunderous applause and an electric atmosphere, to deliver his first Sunday blessing and address since his election. The last time he stood on the same velvet-draped ledge, …
Vatican City – Pope Leo XIV appealed for “no more war” in a message to world powers during his first Sunday address at the Vatican. Reflecting on current conflicts, the newly selected pontiff called for a “lasting peace” in the war in Ukraine, a ceasefire …
ROME — When in Rome, head to the corner of the Via Leone IV and the Viale Vaticano and turn west for about 50 yards along the latter, to where the line for entry to the Vatican Museum starts to build. Crane your neck up to the top of the 39-foot-high …
A historic moment unfolded in Vatican City on Thursday as the first American pope in the history of the Catholic Church was announced, and a group of Loras College students were there to witness it. The students, along with two staff members, were on a 10- …
Pope Leo XIV, at the time Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was selected during the fourth round of voting.PHOTO: AFP VATICAN CITY – In the balloting to choose the next pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost secured 105 of 133 votes to become the new leader of the …
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