The devout spend the entire month of Sravana in the worship of Shiva culminating in the Sravana Purnima on Raksha Bandhan day Shiva is beyond the Gunas as His trident represents all three sattva rajas ...

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost has led some two dozen public events but not made notable appointments, nor announced ...

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Pope Leo XIV stayed ... much like Francis. On issues related to homosexuality and same-sex blessings, Leo’s tone was very critical before his appointment ...

During a visit to the Vatican last year, I was moved to tears. It was not prompted by the pope. And no tears poured out when I prayed inside St. Peter’s Basilica. The artwork on the ceiling of ...

top Trump allies criticized Leo XIV for his similarities to Pope Francis. By Tim Balk When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was selected as pope on Thursday, President Trump quickly offered the ...

The late Pope Francis, who died last month ... The pontiff shook hands and offered blessings to a few people in the crowd before entering the shrine. Leo previously visited the sanctuary, which ...

Entering the church to a few shouts of "Viva il papa" (Long live the pope), Leo walked slowly to Francis' tomb ... Leo shook hands and offered blessings to a few people in the crowd before ...

said the newly elected pontiff will likely follow in the late Pope Francis’s footsteps to serve and look out for “those who don’t have a voice.” John Prevost, one of Leo’s two brothers ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been chosen as the 267th Pope. He was elected by 133 cardinals locked inside the Sistine Chapel on the second day of their conclave — a process ...

If elected, he would be the first pope from sub-Saharan Africa, but he’d come from the more conservative side of the church, having opposed Francis’ 2023 ruling that allowed blessings of same ...

The late Pope Francis donated all his remaining money to a youth rehabilitation project inside a Roman prison in one of his final acts as the head of the Roman Catholic Church. Before his death ...

The successor of Pope Francis has been selected. Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago, the first American pope. According to the Vatican, he will go by Leo XIV. Here's what we know. The newly elected ...