DALLAS — Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born Pope in history, greeted the "faithful of Dallas, Texas" in his first Sunday blessing at the Vatican. Leo returned to the loggia of St. Peter’s ...

18TH. I’M REID BINION REPORTING. SOME STUDENTS FROM LORAS COLLEGE IN DUBUQUE WERE ABLE TO WITNESS THE PONTIFF’S FIRST SUNDAY BLESSING. A GROUP OF STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE IN ROME TO TOUR ...

Pope Leo XIV gave his first Sunday blessing in St. Peter’s Square, calling for peace on Earth in his second large-scale address to the faithful. “I, too, address the world’s great powers by ...

For thousands of Catholic pilgrims in Rome, it’s the unmissable Vatican appointment: the midday Sunday blessing the pope delivers from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square. The new pope ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Tens of thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Square to watch Pope Leo XIV deliver the first Sunday blessing of his pontificate exactly at noon.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, previously known as Robert Francis Prevost, gave his first Sunday blessing as pope and called for peace in the Ukraine-Russia ...

CHICAGO — Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Sunday noon blessing from the loggia at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, three days after the 69-year-old Chicago-born missionary made history ...

In his first Sunday blessing, Pope Leo XIV called for peace in Ukraine and Gaza and repeated the call for "never again war." Unlike his predecessors, Leo went to the very center of the square and ...

Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine and Gaza during his first Sunday blessing as pontiff. “I too address the world’s great powers by repeating the ever-present call ‘n ...

But he changed his plans to be in the square for the papal blessing — and let out a loud whoop when Leo said, in Italian, “Happy holiday to all moms!” “I can't help being joyful and ...