Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pope Leo XIV, on his international debut, urgently called for peace in the war-torn Middle East. Lebanon is ...

BEIRUT — Pope Leo XIV capped his first international trip as pontiff with an open-air Mass on the waterfront in Beirut, where he met with some of Lebanon’s most vulnerable and implored a crowd of tens ...

Pope Leo XIV has offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wraps up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon Pope Leo XIV offered a silent prayer at the site of ...

Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, is seen in a file photo from Jan. 21, 2022. Credit: CNS photo/Paul Haring VATICAN CITY (CNS) — ...

Pope Leo is bringing Hollywood to the Vatican. The first pope to hail from the U.S., who was chosen as Pope Francis' successor in May, is scheduled to meet with actors and directors on Nov. 15. The ...

Pope Leo XIV on Monday presided over a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in suffrage for the late Pope Francis and for deceased cardinals and bishops. One day after celebrating Mass for all the faithful ...

Pope Leo will also celebrate a Mass for the soul of the late Pope Francis and deceased cardinals the following day. Pope Leo XIV prays during a Mass on Oct. 27, 2025, marking both the start of the ...

A top American cardinal celebrated a traditional Latin Mass on Saturday in St. Peter's Basilica with the explicit permission of Pope Leo XIV, thrilling traditionalist Catholics who had felt abandoned ...

Pope Francis greatly limited the use of the traditional Latin Mass, believing it sowed division. Traditionalist Catholics are hoping Pope Leo charts a different path. By Elisabetta Povoledo and Ruth ...