Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome ...

A new photo of Leo XIV stands by frescoes representing past papal visits to a Virgin Mary icon in the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel, commemorating where he prayed two days ...

Modeled after Rome's famous St. Peter's Basilica, this Milwaukee religious ... the interior is decorated with stained-glass windows, painted columns and oil murals completed by Roman artists.

The cardinals would sit in a hall in a half circle with the dean of the college of cardinals, the Italian Giovanni Battista, ...

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It has traditionally been the second most symbolic building in the Vatican, after St. Peter's Basilica ... and a private study, with windows overlooking St. Peter's Square where the Pope ...

We’re feeling like the pope’s friars,” said the Rev. Pasquale Cormio, rector of Rome’s Basilica of St. Augustine ... colonnade that encircles St. Peter’s Square. Jubilant friars huddled at the windows ...

Many others made the same trip in Leo’s first hours as pope, wanting to feel a connection with the South Sider who had just appeared in papal regalia on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.

Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio. He’s the blockbuster artist ...

But time moves on. The role of the Church has changed. Irish Americans, like the Irish at home, have drifted from the altar.

“DA POPE!” blared the front of the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday, one of countless spins on the city’s unique accent, immortalized in “Saturday Night Live” sketches. No matter how Pope Leo XIV actually ...