VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV is expected to move into the official papal residence, an apartment on the top floor of the Apostolic Palace, departing from the living arrangements used by Pope Francis for 12 years. The papal apartment, which is a series of rooms wrapping around the Vatican’s Sixtus V Courtyard, was the […]
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV will be inaugurated Sunday, May 18, the fifth Sunday of Easter, as part of a busy schedule announced Friday, May 9 by the Vatican Press Office. Pope Leo’s immediate appointments, occurring this weekend, include a meeting with cardinals Saturday, May 10, followed by the Regina Caeli prayer from the central […]
Cardinal Baldassare Reina urged the faithful to “discern and order” the late pontiff’s reform initiatives while acknowledging the sense of loss felt by Rome’s Catholics in his homily on the third day of “Novendiales” Masses for Pope Francis. Speaking at St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday, April 28, the 54-year-old vicar general for the Diocese of […]
The College of Cardinals announced Monday that the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor will begin on May 7, as the Church enters the final preparatory phase for choosing its 267th pope. The pivotal proclamation came following a morning general congregation meeting at the Vatican, where cardinals have been gathering daily since Pope Francis’ burial […]
VATICAN CITY — In the endless lines of pilgrims wishing to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose coffin now lies open in St. Peter’s Basilica, feelings of grief and sadness are the order of the day. “God took him too soon,” said Carmina, who had come to Rome from southern Italy for the […]
VATICAN CITY — Following Pope Francis’ death at age 88 on Easter Monday, the Vatican carried out the first stage in the papal funeral rites, called “the rite of the ascertainment of death and deposition in the coffin.” Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the camerlengo, presided over the rite in the chapel of Pope Francis’ Vatican residence, […]
VATICAN CITY — More than 20,000 pilgrims from 90 countries – including patients, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, and other health care professionals – participated in the Jubilee of the Sick and Health Care Workers at the Vatican over the weekend. The April 5-6 jubilee is one of the major celebrations of the 2025 Jubilee Year. […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Christmas Day delivered the traditional urbi et orbi address and blessing in Vatican City, inviting all individuals and nations to “silence the sound of arms and overcome divisions.” Delivering his Christmas Day message overlooking crowds of thousands of international pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square from the Central Loggia of […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, officially launching the Jubilee Year 2025. “O Christ, bright star of the morning, incarnation of infinite love, long-awaited salvation, sole hope of the world, illumine our hearts with your radiant splendor,” the pope prayed on Dec. 24 […]
Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, Dec. 7, urging them to resist the “seduction of power” and instead follow “the path of Jesus.” “In spiritual life as in pastoral life, we risk focusing on what is incidental and forgetting what is essential,” the pope cautioned. “Too often, secondary things […]
