Pope Francis unexpectedly skipped delivering his homily during the Palm Sunday Mass service at the Vatican on Sunday, although was able to preside over the service and was later driven around in the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV touched on faith, power and corruption in the homily of the first Mass he celebrated after being elected pontiff. Here are some highlights. The first U.S.-born pope in ...

More than 9.6 million Catholics joined the annual feast of the Black Nazarene, one of Asia’s biggest religious events, ...

Senior Emily Brierly of St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School in West Islip, N.Y., offers a reflection at the end of Mass Nov. 22 at the Dominican Sisters' motherhouse in Amityville, N.Y. during ...

This is the full text in English of the homily given by Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter's Square during the Mass of Inauguration of the Petrine Ministry May 18, 2025. The homily was delivered originally in ...

ROME — Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, avoiding a strenuous speech at the start of a busy Holy Week that will test his ...

Pope Francis broke tradition during the start of Holy Week on Sunday, skipping a reading of his annual Palm Sunday homily during Mass at the last minute. Reuters reported that the pontiff was in front ...

Editor’s Note: On May 4, 2025, Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, the former prefect of the prefect of the supreme tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, delivered the following homily during the ninth day of ...

'We are here to invoke the help of the Holy Spirit, to implore his light and strength so that the Pope elected may be he whom the Church and humanity need at this difficult and complex turning point ...

March 24 (Reuters) - Pope Francis at the last minute skipped reading his homily during a Palm Sunday Mass for tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square but continued presiding at the service, ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, avoiding a strenuous speech at the start of a busy Holy Week that will test his ...

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