Italian authorities estimated some 100-thousand people were in St. Peter's Square on Sunday as the newly elected Pontiff delivered his first Sunday noon blessing. (AP production by Maria Grazia Murru) ...

Leo XIV, the first ever American pope, condemned the exploitation of the poor and called for unity in the church during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square, an event attended by world ...

FILE – Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 11, 2025.(AP ...

Pope Leo XIV has taken his first popemobile ride through St_ Peter’s Square ahead of installation, waving from the back of the open-back truck to the crowd waving flags and cheering “Viva il ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Tens of thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Square to watch Pope Leo XIV deliver the first Sunday blessing of his pontificate exactly at noon.. They ...

Tens of thousands of people packed St. Peter’s Square when Pope Benedict XVI gave his final Sunday prayer in 2013 before becoming the first pope in 600 years to resign.

Pope Leo XIV spoke of unity and those suffering due to war during his inaugural mass in St. Peter's Square. The 69-year-old Augustinian missionary, who is the first American pope, spoke before ...

A Mass will be held Sunday morning marking the start of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate. The inaugural Mass will be held in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. local time.

The 69-year-old pope offered a message of communion during an inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square before 150,000 people, presidents, patriarchs and princes.

As he walked through the 17th-century semicircular colonnade that appears to embrace St Peter’s square — and that Leo referenced in his first speech Thursday — the Rev. Michael Masteller of ...