2+ hour, 21+ min ago  (435+ words) Leo's Iberia charter, due to take him back to Rome after a weeklong visit to Spain, was grounded by a technical problem Friday, prompting Spain's king to offer his private jet instead. Felipe escorted Leo to his Falcoln on the…...

4+ week, 18+ hour ago  (547+ words) MIAMI (WSVN) - The Archdiocese of Miami celebrated the 50th anniversary of Archbishop Thomas Wenski's priestly ordination. The milestone marked 50 years of faithful service, spiritual leadership, and advocacy for immigrants, the poor, and vulnerable communities, both locally and abroad. On Thursday, Wenski…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1178+ words) Leo spent the eve of the 1-year mark meeting with'U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who had come to the Vatican on a fence-mending visit. Trump's repeated broadsides against history's first U. S. pope created an unprecedented back-and-forth on the Iran war…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (370+ words) The Chicago-born Leo met with members of The Papal Foundation, a major funder of papal development projects in the developing world, in the Apostolic Palace at the end of their annual pilgrimage to Rome. In his remarks, Leo thanked the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1012+ words) Leo traveled to the Sanctuary of Mama Muxima, nestled in the Angolan savanas of baobab trees at the edge of the Kwanza River. It became a major pilgrimage destination after believers reported an appearance by the Virgin Mary around 1833. But…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (426+ words) The priests included 11 ordained by Leo last year, along with the Rev. Renzo Chiesa, the director of the Rome Diocese's primary seminary. Leo poured water from a golden pitcher over the priests' feet before drying them with a white cloth…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (883+ words) Leo, the first U. S. -born pope, emphasized Easter's message of hope as a celebration of Jesus' resurrection after being crucified. "Let us allow our hearts to be transformed by his immense love for us! Let those who have weapons lay them…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (626+ words) I think it will be an important sign because of what the pope represents, a spiritual leader in the world today, and for this voice, that everyone wants to hear, that says Christ still suffers," Leo told reporters this week…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago  (829+ words) Leo canonized Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006, during an open-air Mass in St. Peter's Square before an estimated 80, 000 people, many of them millennials and couples with young children. During the first saint-making Mass of his pontificate, Leo also canonized another…...

1+ year, 2+ day ago  (232+ words) The Vatican expressed satisfaction that Leo's June 5 nomination of Bishop Joseph Lin Yuntuan as auxiliary bishop of Fuzhou was recognized Wednesday by Chinese authorities. The Vatican said in a statement that Lin taking possession of the diocese and the civic…...