Pope Leo XIV stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday and into the global spotlight, presiding over Mass that officially opened his first Holy Week as pontiff. Tens of thousands ...

Pope Leo XIV is celebrating Palm Sunday before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square. The celebration kicks off ...

The Pontiff celebrated Palm Sunday Mass at St. Peter's in the presence of tens of thousands of faithful. During the Angelus he returned to call for a stop to the war in the Middle East and addressed a ...

In his first Palm Sunday homily, Pope Leo XIV proclaimed that Jesus, the King of Peace, embraces all suffering in human history and cries out from the cross against war. “Brothers and sisters, this is ...

Palm Sunday marks the start of the one of the busiest and fullest liturgical periods of the year for the Catholic Church and the Vatican.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Americans in St. Peter’s Square were stunned and joyous when they learned that an American cardinal, Robert Provost, was elected pope Thursday and had taken the name Leo XIV. “Who ...

People traveled to the Vatican from all over the world to witness the election of a new pope. Those from the United States were not disappointed. POPE LEO XIV: You have called me to carry that cross ...

God is love! Have mercy! Lay down your arms, remember that you are brothers!” The moral condemnation that spread from St. Peter’s Square ...

This walking tour explores St Peter’s Square in Vatican City, featuring the basilica, central fountain, and surrounding ...

VATICAN CITY — As the words "Habemus papam!" rang out from the famed loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, tens of thousands of people, crushed tightly together, erupted in cheers — and tears. But soon the ...