Rev. Robert P. Hagan first met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV 27 years ago at what he described as an “Augustinian spiritual bootcamp.” He said the future pope, Robert Prevost ...

Today, we presented Pope Leo XIV with a special icon—The Mother of God with the Infant, painted on a fragment of a box from heavy artillery weapons,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram. “It is about ...

Following the Mass where he took possession of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the cathedral of the bishop of Rome, Pope Leo XIV proceeded ... that houses the Marian icon, traditionally ...

On Friday, the chapel was restored to its central purpose: A place of worship. There, the newly elected pontiff, Leo XIV, held a private service for the cardinals, marking his first Mass as the ...

Who Are They? GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — A new photo of Leo XIV stands by frescoes representing past papal visits to a Virgin Mary icon in the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel, commemorating ...

Saturday’s open-air mass would be a very special one: a celebration marking the ascendency of Pope Leo XIV, the world’s first American pope – but better known here as Robert, the world’s ...