Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope ...

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — More than 130 Catholic cardinals on Wednesday began ... chanting the meditative “Litany of the Saints” and the Latin hymn “Veni Creator,” imploring the saints and ...

Ahead of the conclave to select a new pope for the Catholic Church, each cardinal took an oath of secrecy in Latin. NBC News’ Lester Holt and Anne Thompson explain the centuries-old process that ...

Catholic cardinals have entered the Sistine ... diverse group chanted the meditative 'Litany of the Saints' and the Latin hymn 'Veni Creator,' as they walked in, imploring the saints and the ...

Even as president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America ... In 2014, with Peru’s Catholic hierarchy mired in scandal, Francis appointed him bishop of Chiclayo, again in northern ...

Antara/Fransisco Carolio "Requiem" comes from the Latin word requiem, meaning "rest," and reflects ... a Requiem Mass is a significant and solemn liturgical tradition within the Roman Catholic Church, ...

Choirs sang Latin hymns and prayers were recited in various ... reflecting the global reach of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church. Massed ranks of red-robed cardinals sat to one side ...

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 17 December 1936, he was the eldest of five children. His parents had fled their native Italy to escape the evils of fascism.