The video appears to show a statue of the Virgin Mary with ... signifying his devotion to the Virgin Mary – as opposed to the Vatican. He became the first pope in history to take on the papal ...

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Francis is not the only pope to rest there. Seven others are buried on the grounds, most notably St. Pius V, who established ...

Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest in a location that reflected his humble approach to the grand office. Breaking with tradition, the pontiff, death at the age of 88 was announced on Easter Monday, chose a ...

Pope Leo XIV arrives for an audience with thousands of journalists and media workers on May 12, 2025 at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, Vatican. The audience with journalists has become a tradition ...

Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood ...

Two separate processions are held - one with a statue of the Risen Christ and another with the mourning Virgin Mary, usually veiled ... on Scottish island Vatican releases Pope Francis's will ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

Eastern and Latin alike — who, above all in the Middle East, persevere and remain in their homelands,” Leo said May 14.