The new pope has not limited himself only to citing early Church Fathers. Pope Leo also echoed the famous words of St. John Paul II from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica: “Do not be afraid!” ...

Accept the invitation of the Church ... packed St. Peter’s Square on Sunday. The spontaneous call to young people from the first U.S.-born pope echoed the famous words of St. John Paul II ...

For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract ...

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter’s ... to be the successor of Peter and to walk together with you as a united church, always trying to ...

showing the universality of the church. A Mass in the grottoes and unsealing the apartment Also Sunday, Leo celebrated a private Mass near the tomb of St. Peter and prayed at the tombs of several ...

In the election for the Throne of St. Peter, observers saw him as a serious candidate due to his ability to unite and bring peace to the Church ... with the papal name Paul VII," predicted ...

On Sunday morning, May 18, a Mass for the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV will take place in St. Peter's Square at ... and the papal tiara of Pope Paul VI are displayed at the ...

The formal inauguration Mass - for the first U.S. pontiff in the 2,000-year history of the Roman Catholic Church - will be held in St. Peter's Square ... basilicas -- St. Paul Outside the Walls ...

Leo will make one of his first public appearances today since being announced as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, when a Regina Caeli prayer from the Central Loggia of St. Peter’s ...