Pentecostal pastors laying hands on the president in the Oval Office. Prayers to open cabinet meetings. Hymn sings in the ...

Pope Leo XIV formally assumed his role as the first American-born leader of the global Catholic Church with a Mass in St. Peter's Square in Rome drawing tens of thousands ... shaking hands with each.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 16, 2025 / 07:00 am. A new initiative is trying to shift the narrative on the Catholic priesthood by shining light on stories of heroic virtue, courage, and selfless ...

Dan Hitchens: A lot of conservative Catholics had a sense that if the pope says it, I agree with it — which wasn’t quite Catholic teaching on the authority of the papacy, but was a kind of ...

Pope Leo begins papacy amid high hopes and big challenges 03:57. Pope Leo XIV gave his first homily at a Mass on Friday, one day after he was selected by a conclave of cardinals at the Vatican to ...

Pope Leo XIV placed his hands on the heads of each of the young ... It was officially instituted by Pope Pius IX in 1856 and has become an important Catholic solemnity day emphasizing Christ’s ...