(CNS/Bob Roller) Formerly, the enthronement ceremony included crowning the pope with the papal tiara or "triregnum," a golden ... The pallium is fitted on Pope Francis during his inaugural Mass ...

Known as the triregnum, the special tiara used during a papal coronation ... Already he has indicated that he will seek to continue Pope Francis’ focus on social and economic justice, while also ...

When Pope Francis died, the morning after Easter, prominent right-wing Catholics leapt at the chance to lobby for a more conservative, even Trumpian, leader of the Church. Far-right pundit Jack ...

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Pope Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but maintained a close relationship with Pope Francis and support for ...

On a sweltering January day in 2018, Pope Francis addressed 100,000 of the faithful in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, not far from where gold mining had ravaged an expanse of Amazon rainforest about the ...

The papal apartments was sealed shortly after Pope Francis' death in April Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was previously ...

Other photos include his first Mass as pope, praying at the tomb of Pope Francis and his audience with journalists on Monday. Leo is taking over the Instagram account begun by Pope Francis in 2016.

However, before we allow our beloved Pope Francis to recede into memory, I would offer one final reflection on him as it pertains to a critical matter quite dear to his heart. The context is that ...

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 ...

the late Pope Francis, vowing to take forward his “synodal” approach of seeking open discussion with the clergy and faithful of the global Catholic Church.