For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract ...

As I watched Pope Leo XIV gaze upon his fisherman’s ring, I couldn’t help but think about the time Pope St. John XXIII told Vatican visitors that he sometimes would wake up in the middle of ...

Strict diplomatic protocol dictates the seating arrangements, with both the United States and Peru getting front-row seats thanks to the pope's dual citizenship.

in 1958 for St. John XXIII, but was simplified ... and the bestowal of the Fisherman’s Ring. After being vested with the insignia of his office, Pope Leo XIV will receive the “obedience ...

A gold metallic embroidered stole of Pope John XXIII and the papal tiara of Pope ... With his fisherman's ring and the pallium, the main symbols of the Petrine office, the pontiff chose styles ...

In a veritable who’s who of top New Jersey high school football programs, as for the second straight season, Pope John XXIII will face no less than five teams that were ranked in the final 2024 ...

"This is more than a Catholic triumph; it’s a cultural watershed for the United States," writes Christopher Hale.

Father Bradley Zamora spreads incense at the start of a mass Thursday at Sheil Catholic Center on the Northwestern campus to mark the election of Pope Leo XIV ... Jean-Philippe Lokpo of Evanston’s St.

There have been just 10 of these occasions in the past 100 years: the elections of Pope Francis, Benedict XVI, John Paul II, John Paul I, Paul VI, John XXIII, Pius XII, Pius XI, and Benedict XV.

The crowds in St Peter’s Square are still going wild as church bells all over the eternal city ring ... for Pope Paul VI while 11 ballots over four days were required before John XXIII became ...

When white smoke rose over the Vatican. A dispatch from Rome, where Robert Francis Prevost addressed the crowd for the first time as Leo XIV, the only Pope to have been born in America. Plus: • Pity ...

These include the Fisherman's Ring, a papal staff (ferula), and the ... there have been challenges in achieving a perfect fit.For instance, Pope John XXIII, characterized by his larger stature ...