VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first U.S.-born pontiff, said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass as the head of the Catholic ...

COMMENTARY: Who the new pope will be is not exactly who he has been — being Leo is different than being Robert, just as being ...

Here’s what we know so far about Pope Leo’s inauguration Mass. The inauguration Mass is due to take place on Sunday, May 18, ...

A priest reacts as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who has chosen the papal name Leo XIV, appears on the central ...

It was a full house at Santa Barbara Catholic Church in Dededo, where every pew was filled as the village’s Catholic faithful gathered with palms in hand to mark the start of Holy Week through ...

Any discussion of ‘the cross’ in the Book of Revelation immediately faces a substantial challenge: in contrast with almost ...

What makes the Holy Door so important? Usually sealed shut except during Jubilee Years, the Holy Door stands at the northern end of St. Peter's Basilica. More than just a doorway, it symbolizes a ...

Follow the funeral of Pope Francis as it unfolds in St Peter’s Basilica with live video, key moments, and ongoing coverage from Rome ...

On Easter Monday, Pope Francis, head of the Catholic church, passed away aged 88. Tributes poured in from Catholics across the world as well as world leaders who knew the late pontiff, expressing ...

A NORTH Belfast nursery school has paid tribute to a member of staff following her passing. Terri Coogan was a classroom assistant in Holy Cross Nursery School in Ardoyne for over 20 years. She passed ...

LOS ANGELES -- Police are searching for a man who was caught on video stealing a cross from a chapel in Los Angeles on Holy Thursday. The incident happened at the St. Camillus Center for Spiritual ...

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Big Green wrapped a stretch of eight straight road games Tuesday, traveling to Worcester to face the Holy Cross Crusaders. Despite being down twice, the Big Green put up three ...