Celebrating Mass in St. Peter's Basilica June 15 to conclude the Jubilee of Sport, the pope told athletes and sports ...

The Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff issued a formal notification June 11 that on the June 29 ...

Pope Francis had changed the ceremony, inviting new archbishops to concelebrate Mass with him and be present for the blessing ...

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During the Mass, Leo will receive the two potent symbols of the papacy: the lambswool stole, known as a pallium, and the fisherman's ring. The pallium, draped across his shoulders, symbolises the ...

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

it almost makes Jesus himself more accessible,” he said. The two symbols of the papacy handed to Leo were the pallium stole and the fisherman's ring. The pallium, draped across his shoulders, ...

Leo marked the start of his papacy by calling for unity within the church and for it to act as a “leaven of harmony for humanity”.

As Pope Leo XIV is formally inaugurated, he vows to work for unity and peace at a time of polarization in the Catholic Church and the wider world, with leaders including Vice President Vance and ...

The pallium — a strip of lambswool — was placed on Leo’s shoulders with three pins representing his role as a shepherd and the nails of Christ’s crucifixion.

The pallium — a strip of lambswool — was placed on Leo’s shoulders with three pins representing his role as a shepherd and the nails of Christ’s crucifixion. The choir sang in Greek before ...

Leo appeared to choke up when the two potent symbols of the papacy were placed on him — the pallium woolen stole over his shoulders and the fisherman’s ring on his finger — as if the weight of ...