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In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, Leo said, “Peace be with you,” and emphasized a message of peace, dialogue and ...

In a solemn ceremony held Friday evening inside St. Peter’s Basilica, the coffin of Pope Francis was officially sealed, marking the final rites before his funeral Mass began on Saturday morning.

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th ...

Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...

In March 1986 he went to Germany to finish his doctoral thesis ... by choosing him), and on his coat of arms inserted the IHS (Iesus Hominum Salvatore — Jesus, Savior of men), the symbol of the ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, will celebrate a Mass for Pope Francis at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral tomorrow at noon, the Archdiocese ... And those arms, those arms that ...

The new pope is the Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishop from Chicago, the largest Archdiocese in North America ... to build bridges and to keep our arms open, like this very piazza, welcoming ...

After 1986 he spent several years in Germany completing his doctoral dissertation ... into his coat of arms. On June 3rd, 1997 he was promoted Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires and upon ...

The leaders of France, Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom ... would retain the motto and coat of arms that he had as bishop of Chiclayo, Peru. The motto, “In Illo uno unum,” was pronounced ...