ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV ... universal Catholic Church, popes delegate the day-to-day governance of running of the diocese of Roman to a vicar. Sunday's ceremonies at the St. John Lateran ...

had become the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church, taking the name Leo XIV That makes the Chicago-born missionary the first U.S. pope John Prevost described his brother as being very concerned ...

To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...

Diocese of Laredo's Bishop Tamayo congratulates Pope Leo XIV, highlighting shared roots in the Order of Saint Augustine and ...

Pope Leo' election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV ... unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, offering a message of communion during an inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square ...

St. Francesco (Francis) Antonio Fasani was born as Giovanneillo in Lucera, Italy in 1681, the son of Giuseppe Fasani and Isabella Della Monaca. He entered the Conventual Franciscans in 1695 and ...

An American flag is displayed as Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, waves as he arrives to celebrate his ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily as ... “to be ‘Omnium Ecclesiarum Mater,’ mother of all the Churches.” The Basilica of St. John Lateran bears the honorary title of “mother ...