ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Wednesday for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of the poor,” as he celebrated the first papal Mass using a new set of prayers ...

The private Mass was celebrated for about 50 staffers of the Laudato Si center, named for Francis’ 2015 environmental encyclical Praised Be (Laudato Si in Latin), in which the first pope from ...

The new Mass, Pro Custodia Creationis (For the Care of Creation), was initially ordered by Pope Francis, who made the environment a major theme of his papacy and the subject of his second ...

On Sunday, Pope Francis faced calls for his resignation from the former Vatican ambassador to Washington, Carlo Maria Vigano, who said in a letter that he told the Pontiff about allegations of ...

Hundreds of thousands of people braved wet and windy weather to attend Pope Francis' Mass at Phoenix Park in Dublin on Sunday, while thousands more gathered in the city center for protests against ...

Pope Leo made a bold entrance at his inaugural Mass this month, arriving in his popemobile. On Sunday, May 18, thousands gathered in Vatican City's St Peter's Square to participate in Pope Leo's ...

Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent. He sent Prevost, who had spent years as a missionary in Peru, to take over a ...

Marcel and Ann Muñoz were decked out with their three kids in shirts reading, "Da Pope" when they went to see Pope Leo XIV ...

In one of his most controversial acts, Francis in 2021 reversed Pope Benedict XVI’s signature liturgical legacy and restricted access for ordinary Catholics to the old Latin Mass.

Pope Francis sent a written message on Saturday for those attending the Movement for Life mass at St. Peter's Basilica on National Women's day. The Pope was unfortunately absent due to his ...

The private Mass was celebrated for about 50 staffers of the Laudato Si center, named for Francis’ 2015 environmental encyclical Praised Be (Laudato Si in Latin), in which the first pope from the ...