Pope Leo XIV's first address draws similarities to Pope Francis' papacy while preserving forsaken traditions Pope Leo XIV was ...

American cardinals who voted in the conclave played down the significance of the new pope’s roots in the United States, ...

The Gammarelli tailors traditionally prepares three outfits -- short, medium and tall -- to fit new pontiffs whatever their size but say this time the Vatican has asked them not to. With just ...

PATHANAMTHITTA: A clergyman from Pathanamthitta district is set to tend to new flock by joining the Indian Army as a religious teacher. Equipped with the blessings of the Malankara Orthodox Church ...

VATICAN CITY — If you are ever graced with the opportunity to be in St. Peter’s Square when the white smoke billows out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, the moment your eyes lock onto the plume ...

"In his opening remarks, he mentioned being a missionary church that includes all people, and that comes right out of Pope Francis," Dennis Doyle, professor emeritus at the University of Dayton in ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press) — Japanese Emperor Emeritus Akihito, 91, was admitted to the University of Tokyo Hospital on Tuesday for a heart examination after being diagnosed with a high possibility of ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito has been diagnosed with silent myocardial ischemia, an asymptomatic condition where blood flow from the coronary arteries to the heart muscle is reduced due to excessive ...

Pope Leo XIV came out wearing the traditional garb for a new pope Thursday – a red mozzetta and a stole over a white rochet and his new white cassock – restoring a tradition that Pope Francis ...

The other has the first American pope dressed in a white cassock, the traditional garment of the papacy, a pectoral cross and a white zucchetto. “We are thrilled to continue the tradition of ...

(Image Credits: Pinterest) The cassock, or soutane, is the pope’s everyday garment. It’s an ankle-length robe with long sleeves, traditionally worn by clergy. While black cassocks are commonly ...