The cardinals preparing to elect a new pope must strengthen communion in the Catholic Church, promoting a form of unity that has nothing to do with uniformity and everything to d ...

The bells of St. Peters Basilica rang out as Leo waved from the popemobile that slowly went round the square and then up and down the boulevard. Guests and the faithful gather on the day Pope Leo ...

Pope Leo XIV, in his inaugural Mass, cast a vision of a united church that offers God's unconditional love to everyone. He ...

He said the new pope must foster communion and unity within the ... They took up their seats around the main altar, which lies above the traditional burial place of St. Peter, considered to ...

As cardinals gather to elect Pope Francis’ successor ... sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the globe. At first glance, they appear to split along the ...

In the splendor of St. Peter’s Basilica, with the sunshine glinting across the bronze canopy that towers over the main altar ... s Basilica was snaking around the square and stretched as ...

it’s a celebration of the Eucharist just like any Sunday Mass held in Catholic churches around the world. There will be prayers, music, readings from the New Testament, a homily and Communion ...

By Friday morning, more than 128,000 mourners had filed past Francis's open coffin placed in front of the main altar of St Peter ... More vast crowds will gather for Saturday’s funeral ...

Around 400,000 people packed St Peter's Square ... as children placed baskets of flowers at the altar and a choir sang prayers. The marble tomb of the Catholic Church's first Latin American ...