Pope Leo's reunion with the Peruvian episcopate was an encounter with old friends and "very moving and beautiful," Bishop Cadenas said.
About 350,000 people have registered to venerate the relics of St. Francis of Assisi — the first public display of the bodily ...
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity concludes at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation, near Jaffa Gate – the seat of the Melkite community in Jerusalem and one of the most discreet yet ...
Pope Leo XIV surprises Peruvian bishops during their ad limina visit, recalling his years of service in Chiclayo. Read about ...
Ad limina visits by bishops tend to make headlines in local churches when the bishops involved are in some kind of trouble. This time, however, the Peruvian bishops' visit to the tomb of the apostles ...
“We are one! We already are! Let us recognize it, experience it and make it visible!” he said in his homily during the ...
The lambs — carried in baskets dressed in white with red roses for St. Agnes’ virginity and martyrdom — were later blessed in ...
Adding some sweetness to the usual general audience-focused Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV was presented with two lambs Jan. 21 as part of an ancient Roman Catholic tradition marking the feast of St. Agnes ...
Pope Leo XIV blesses two lambs in the Urban VIII Chapel at the Vatican Jan. 21, 2026, the feast of St. Agnes. The lambs are bound and placed in baskets to prevent them from running away. The wool from ...
Vatican City — In 2018, German artist Michael Triegel asked a homeless man in Rome to pose for a drawing, thinking that he would make an ideal model for St. Peter if he ever needed to paint the first ...
Vatican Germany Altar Burkhard Scheffler, second from right, a homeless man who died from the cold in 2022 on the edge of St. Peter's Square, is portrayed as St. Peter in a painting by German artist ...
Burkhard Scheffler, second from right, a homeless man who died from the cold in 2022 on the edge of St. Peter’s Square, is portrayed as St. Peter in a painting by German artist Michael Triegel and ...