A top American cardinal celebrated a traditional Latin Mass on Saturday in St. Peter's Basilica with the explicit permission of Pope Leo XIV, thrilling traditionalist Catholics who had felt abandoned after Pope Francis greatly restricted the ancient liturgy.

For nearly seven minutes, the Westfield High School girls soccer team enjoyed an advantage against one of Western Massachusetts’ toughest tournament teams. Unfortunately for the Bombers, it’s what happened after that that determined their fate.

The apostolic exhortation "Dilexi Te" ("I Have Loved You") on the church's love for the poor, "is Pope Leo's document. It is the magisterium of the church," although Pope Leo himself wrote that it was begun by Pope Francis,

This is because Camilla does not have permission to wear white when meeting the pope; only seven women in the world have that privilege. Protocol means that most women meeting the pope should wear black, with no cleavage, as well a mantilla, which is a kind of headscarf.

On the feast day of St. Francis, a beloved champion of the poor, Pope Leo XIV signed his first apostolic exhortation, "Dilexi Te" ("I Have Loved You").

Almost two-thirds of humanity—more than five billion people—live in countries where serious violations of religious freedom are taking place, according to the 2025 “Religious Freedom in the World Report.

Queen Camilla made a fashion statement in a black dress and veil for her and King Charles ' historic meeting with Pope Leo, but other queens are known for wearing white to greet the pontiff.

Your specific mission concerns the search for and common witness to the truth,” Pope Leo XIV said Oct. 24 at the Vatican.

Mount Greylock and Pope Francis boys soccer booked their tickets to the Western Mass. Class C and Class B finals respectively.