The name Advent (From the Latin word Adventus ... the nearest to Christmas was called the first Sunday, and so on with the rest. So far back as the ninth and tenth centuries, these Sundays ...

The spirit of penance during Advent is not the same as that for Lent and some joy is permitted. Gaudete means "rejoice" and takes its name from the first word of the Introit for that Sunday.

From the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, the first pontiff from the USA, the former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, says the Sunday midday prayer Regina Coeli. Marijan Murat/dpa 30,104 people ...

Pope Leo XIV stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to thunderous applause and an electric atmosphere, to deliver his first Sunday blessing ... of Heaven”) prayer for the first ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, is scheduled to deliver his first such prayer on Sunday from the loggia where he first appeared in public after being elected three days ago. His most recent predecessors ...

The pope declared "Never again war" while addressing crowds in St. Peter's Square on Sunday. JD Vance said the India-Pakistan conflict was ‘none of our business’ - until receiving ‘alarming ...

Pope Francis Pope Leo XIV was elected into the religious role on May 8 after a two-day conclave Pope Leo XIV led a prayer on his first Sunday as pontiff. The new pope, elected on May 8 after a two ...

Thousands of people gathered on Sunday to see the first American pope deliver a traditional prayer from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. Senate Republicans Won't Accept House ...

"Never again war," Pope Leo XIV echoed his predecessor, the late Pope Francis, in the newly-chosen pontiff's first Regina Coeli prayer in St Peter's Square in front of the faithful on Sunday.

On hand in the square on Sunday for Leo's first noon prayer were two of Europe's more firebrand conservatives, France's Marine Le Pen and Italy's Matteo Salvini. The Italian minister has ...

On his first Sunday appearance as pope ... recalled that this Sunday is also the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. “I have the joy of praying with you and all the people of God for vocations ...