Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures suggesting a message ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope ... his mother, St. Monica, on Thursday night that had been given to him by his Augustinian religious order. On hand in the square on Sunday for Leo’s first noon prayer ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and ... Leo also noted that Sunday was Mother’s Day in many countries and wished all mothers, “including those in heaven” a Happy ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, is scheduled to deliver his first such prayer on Sunday from the loggia where he first appeared in public after being elected three days ago.

POPE Leo XIV led his first Sunday recitation of the “Regina Coeli” prayer and urged all Catholics to pray for vocations, especially to the priesthood and religious life. Before the pope appeared on ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and ... Leo also noted that Sunday was Mother’s Day in many countries and wished all mothers, “including those in heaven” a Happy Mother ...

Pope Leo then noted that “[t]oday, in Italy and in other countries, we celebrate Mother’s Day. I send a warm greeting to all mothers, with a prayer for them and for those who are already in ...

Valentina Román Calle, aged 5, in the red and white shirt of the Peruvian national soccer team, sat on her father's shoulders. The family have lived in Italy for four years and came to the square to ...

He prayed that through the intercession of Mary, all Catholics, but especially those in China, would receive "the grace to be ...

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful ...