Pope Leo XIV gives his homily while celebrating his first Mass as pope with the cardinals who elected him in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican May 9, 2025. (CNS/Vatican Media) Where Christians are "mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied ...

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, delivering a passionate speech that stressed the importance of spreading God’s word in a world that sometimes ...

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The 69-year-old, sometimes referred to in Rome as the "Latin Yankee" for his decades-long missions in Peru, returned Friday to the Sistine Chapel to preside over a private mass with cardinals, broadcast by the Vatican. Leo entered the chapel in a white ...