Since the Middle Ages, ... Pope Leo XIV incenses the altar inside St. Paul Outside The Walls Basilica in Rome, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, where he came to pray over the tomb of the Apostle Paul.

The Vatican would beg to differ — since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has positioned itself as the preeminent mediator for international conflicts regardless of spiritual or temporal allegiances ...

Eventually the Apostolic Camera seized the property from the Savelli family due to financial issues, and in 1604 Castel ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, has a relationship with Trump that is still developing.Leo has thrown out broad hints on social media, where Trump is sure to see them, that he devoutly desires peace in the ...

When Pope Leo XIV stepped out on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to greet the crowd for the first time after his May 8 election, liturgical fashion aficionados around the globe took ...

According to the Rev. John Wauck, professor of church communication at the Pontifical Holy Cross University in Rome, Leo’s clothing choices are a “return to form,” and his attire similar to that worn ...

It is a precedent that was set in the early Middle Ages and, while there is no doctrinal reason for a pope to choose a new name, it has become part of the election process.

Pope Leo XIV has made waves with some of his fashion choices, returning to much of the traditional pomp of popes past ...

Pope Francis, who died in April at age 88, ... Another way of putting that would be “let us make a deal,” which is how Trump tends to size up much of the Middle East.