Before the statue of Our Lady of Fátima, which was brought to Rome from Portugal, the pope entrusted believers to the Mother ...

Pope Leo XIV has canonized José Gregorio Hernández, Venezuela's 'doctor of the poor,' giving the nation its first saint.

Pope Leo XIV’s Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square was attended by 30,000 pilgrims in Rome for the Jubilee of Marian ...

Pope Leo XIV canonized Venezuela’s beloved “doctor of the poor” Sunday, offering the South American nation its first saint.

José Gregorio Hernández, Venezuela’s famed “doctor of the poor,” was canonized by Pope Leo XIV on October 19, 2025, at St.

Pope Leo XIV proclaimed the first two saints of his papacy in a historic ceremony at St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Sunday, including the first of the millennial generation. Blesseds Carlo Acutis and ...

ROME, Italy - St. Peter's Square in Vatican City is one of the latest stops on Rick Rowe's trip of a lifetime in partnership with Collette. Rowe is on a tour of Italy with a group of about 40 ...

The students from Chicago's Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy, who went viral for their mock conclave, met Pope Leo XIV in ...

ROME, Italy — Pope Leo XIV marked his 70th birthday on Sunday by thanking God, his parents and all those who prayed for him. Leo, the first American pope, saw giant “Happy birthday” banners, in ...

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