Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel. Leo spoke off-the-cuff in ...

Fr Ray Blake: he took the 2013 election of Pope Francis, Francis’s liberal theology and the clampdown on the Latin Mass, personally - Clare Bowskill Father Ray Blake, who has died aged 71, was a ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was the first pope in 600 years to resign. He did so at the age of 85 in 2013, leading to the election of Pope Francis. Pope Benedict died at the age of 95 on New Year’s Eve ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates a memorial Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Nov. 3, 2025, for Pope Francis and all the cardinals and bishops who have died in the past year. Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media The ...