Leo XIII is known as the social justice pope because of encyclical, Rerum Novarum. This “Magna Carta of Social Justice” was ...

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Diocese of St. Petersburg held a special mass at St. Petersburg Catholic High School’s Chapel on Thursday afternoon to celebrate the selection of Pope Leo XIV.

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...

As pope, Leo XIV has focused clearly on peace policy, swiftly addressing the Ukraine and Gaza wars. He thus joins the ...

The papacy, an institution stretching back nearly two millennia, represents one of history's longest unbroken lines of ...

Following Pope Francis’s passing on April 21 and the election of Pope Leo on May 8, many people have wondered where the ...

It is common that upon the death of a Pope, comments arise recalling his pontificate—some positive, others not so much. But ...

People watch while Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience, May 21, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) The Rev. John Lydon, his fellow Augustinian ...

As we file, Jannik Sinner, the leading Italian tennis player and world No. 1, is playing point for point against the Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz.  If the ...

David Ramos/Getty Images Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, presided over his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday in front of a crowd of tens of thousands. World leaders including ...

The Mass for the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate will be celebrated on Sunday, May 18, at 10 a.m. Rome time in St. Peter’s Square. The liturgy will mark the official beginning of ...