ROME — Thousands of faithful from all over the world took part in a solemn pontifical Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, celebrated by Cardinal Raymond Burke on Saturday, the culmination of a traditional ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace in the world, offering a message of communion during an ...

(AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis, celebrating a ...

Cardinal Raymond Burke celebrated a special Traditional Latin Mass for hundreds of pilgrims in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 25 — a return to a prior custom, suspended since 2022, of an annual ...

VATICAN CITY – 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 ...

A man urinated on a Vatican altar during a holy mass as hundreds of tourists looked on in disgust at the act of desecration Friday, according to local reports. The unidentified man began his sickening ...

At the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV presided over his first Midnight Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. In his homily, he marveled at the ...

A man urinated on the Altar of Confession during a holy mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Friday before being taken away by authorities as tourists watched in horror. The unidentified man ...

Thousands watched on as Pope Leo led his first Christmas mass at St. Peter's Basilica. Pope Leo XIV held the first Christmas mass of his pontificate on Wednesday, greeting thousands of faithful in St ...

The Mass was preceded by a half-mile procession from the Basilica of Sts. Celso and Giuliano to St. Peter’s Basilica. Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke celebrates a pontifical Mass in the extraordinary form ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A few thousand pilgrims, many of them young families with multiple children and the women covering their heads with lace veils, packed the altar area of the basilica to standing ...