The mass, which will get underway from 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. ET) in St. Peter’s Basilica and Square in Vatican City, will formally install Pope Leo, who was born in Chicago, as the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.
Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history’s first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of people
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Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday appealed for Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, calling the situation in the Palestinian enclave "yet more worrying and saddening."
“When the name of the pope was announced, my phone rings and my son tells me, ’Dad, it’s Robert! Robert, our member!’” Francesco Tamburlani, the owner of Omega gym, said in an interview.
Over Leo’s first few weeks, the excitement grew among liturgical fashion-conscious Catholics as they noticed new additions to the wardrobe, or rather a return to the old additions of the papal wardrobe.