The Mass for the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate will mark the official beginning of his ministry as successor of ...

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John Paul’s remains had been moved to the main basilica following his beatification ... and Leo XIII (1878–1903), buried at St. John Lateran, the cathedral of Rome and another prominent ...

New pope begins his ministry with key May liturgies, including his inauguration, basilica visits, and priestly ordinations ...

Pope Leo XIV's schedule of public liturgies in May includes the inauguration of his ministry, visits to major basilicas and ...

VATICAN: The Holy See Press Office announced the upcoming schedule for the newly elected Pope Leo XIV. His inaugural Mass ...

A lot of my friends are calling it the Villanova Vatican,” said Caroline Pirtle, a Villanova University junior who interned at the Vatican this semester and just returned home to Minneapolis Thursday ...

Four were held in the Pauline Chapel of the papal residence at the Quirinale Palace, while some 30 others were held in St.

Most people think the Pope's church is St. Peter's Basilica. But as the Bishop of Rome, his actual seat is in a church on the other side of Rome called St. John Lateran.

Four were held in the Pauline Chapel of the papal residence at the Quirinale Palace, while some 30 others were held in St. John Lateran Basilica, Santa Maria Sopra Minerva or other places in Rome.

We associate popes with St. Peter's Basilica, standing between Bernini's great spiral columns under the enormous dome designed by Michelangelo. But as bishop of Rome, the pope's official seat is ...

JASON DEROSE, BYLINE: The guides describe St. John Lateran as Rome's oldest church founded in the year 324. Today, the white marble basilica greets visitors with tall columns topped by giant ...