Thousands of people streamed to a small Italian hilltop village not far from Rome on Sunday, to hear Pope Leo deliver his ...

Pope Leo XIV has called for compassion for the poor, victims of tyranny, and those affected by wars. On Sunday, he celebrated ...

A woman sets the Italian, U.S., Vatican and Rome's municipality flags outside a balcony in Castel Gandolfo where Pope Leo XIV ...

Author Claire Hoffman discusses her book on the celebrity preacher, ‘Sister Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious ...

Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the ...

FILE- Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during his last Angelus noon prayer, from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013.

FILE – Pope Francis gestures on the first Sunday window appearance of his papacy to pray the Angelus and bless the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 17 ...

What is the traditional Sunday blessing that popes deliver in St. Peter’s Square? The new pope Leo XIV is scheduled to deliver his first Sunday blessing from the loggia where he first appeared ...

Some artists have also portrayed the faithful reciting the Angelus, a practice that is believed to have started in the Middle Ages.

Operating out of what was America’s very first megachurch — the Angelus Temple, in Los Angeles, with more than 7,000 daily visitors — McPherson, by age 33, was a star who found her calling ...

Book Review Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson By Claire Hoffman Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 384 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our ...

Pope Francis, the first pope from the Americas, is remembered for challenging traditions of the Catholic church and advocating for social justice.