At the time, Pope Francis cited division as a chief problem stemming from the celebration of the Tridentine Mass, accusing traditionalist Catholics of “exploit [ing]” Pope Benedict XVI’s ...

The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass were only part of the evidence he consulted before cracking down on the ...

Pope Leo XIV gives the final blessing at the end of his first Mass.© Reuters Robert Prevost waves to the crowd after being elected the new pope in Vatican City, on May 8, 2025.© Xinhua/Shutterstock ...

What time does Pope Leo XIV’s first mass start? Pope Leo XIV's first Latin Mass with the College of Cardinals will start on May 9, 2025 at 11 a.m. local time (5 a.m. EDT).

Pope Francis, then a cardinal, kisses a man’s foot during a Mass with youth trying to overcome drug addictions in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2008. AP Photo ...

Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent.

ROME — Leaked documents seemingly undermining Pope Francis' stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass provided an incomplete reconstruction of the evidence that informed his 2021 decision ...

Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent. He sent Prevost, who had spent years as a missionary in Peru, to take over a ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, left, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, appears with, from left, Master of Ceremonies Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, and former Vatican Secretary of State ...