On May 18th, at the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV, formerly American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a ring will also play a pivotal role in the ceremony. The service, if it follows tradition ...

As record‑breaking heat waves scorch much of Europe — with triple‑digit temperatures, wildfires and deaths reported — the ...

But there's also another version of the new bobblehead, which features the Pope wearing a white cassock with attached pellegrina and girded with a fringed white fascia, a pectoral cross suspended ...

Recent popes have had pectoral crosses made of solid silver or gold, often customized with inscriptions or sacred imagery. Pope Francis, for example, wore a simple silver pectoral cross featuring ...

Thousands filed by to see the pope's burial site as a light cast its warm glow over the tomb and a reproduction of Francis' pectoral cross on the wall above it.

Pope Leo XIV called for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the war in Ukraine on Sunday, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff since his election.

Update 2:30 p.m. ET, April 24: The Vatican has released a look at the final resting place for Pope Francis. The tomb only has the inscription “Franciscus” and an image of his pectoral cross.

Wearing the simple white cassock of the papacy and his silver pectoral cross, Pope Leo also noted that this Sunday is Mother's Day in many countries, and wished all mothers, "including those in ...

The tomb only has the inscription “Franciscus” and an image of his pectoral cross. The tomb of #PopeFrancis at the Basilica of St. Mary Major has been revealed.