Pope Leo XIV revived tradition begun by St. John Paul II by personally placing pallium around shoulders of recently named ...

"The history of Peter and Paul shows us that the communion to which the Lord calls us is a unison of voices and personalities ...

Still, the somber custom is believed to come from a 9th century German practice of extending a large cloth called the “Hungertuch” (hunger cloth) before the altar from the beginning of Lent.

Pope Leo XIV presents the pallium to Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of Washington during Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after the Vatican ...

As you approach Aldie on Route 50, a church spire gradually rises above the newly built housing complexes and data centers.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday said unity in the Catholic Church “is nourished by forgiveness and mutual trust” after bestowing the pallium on 54 new metropolitan archbishops on the solemnity of Sts.