The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

Pope Leo XIV will formally begin his ministry as bishop of Rome with a liturgy steeped in tradition and rich in symbolism May ...

In choosing his motto and coat of arms, Leo references the Order of St. Augustine, to which he belongs. He uses the identifying symbol of Augustine, a heart pierced by an arrow.

Leo officially opened his pontificate by taking his first popemobile tour through the piazza, a rite of passage that has ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of ...

The leadership exercised by the president is based on the belief that he possesses extraordinary, almost supernatural ...

Mysterious owners of the artifacts, possibly a mother and child, might have moved to Byzantine village in the Negev from Egypt or the Horn of Africa ...

The French president said he was not in favour of allowing the Islamic veil during competition when asked about the ...

From elevators to restrooms, the everyday symbols we rely on were shaped by Rajie Cook, a Palestinian-American designer whose ...

Ebony and bone pendants carved in the likeness of African men and women have been documented in three sixth–seventh-century ...

The coat of arms of Pope Leo XIV includes elements associated with Mary and the Augustinian order. Father Antonio Pompili, ...