Turning to the First Communicants who would be receiving Jesus that day, he said this would be a day they would never forget.

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Pope Leo XIV incenses the altar of the Sistine Chapel during his first Mass as pope, Friday, May 9, 2025. Credit: Vatican Media “You have called me to carry that cross and to be blessed with ...

They are not permitted to vote for themselves. They then fold the ballot, hold it up for visibility and carry it to the altar, where a chalice covered by a plate awaits. One by one, the cardinals ...

Acts 1:14). This is precisely what we are doing a few hours before the beginning of the conclave, under the gaze of Our Lady beside the altar, in this basilica which rises above the tomb of the ...

His other fight will be with Canadian opposition leader Pierre Poilievre of the Conservative Party, who Carney has blasted as someone who “worships at the altar of Donald Trump.” Carney’s ...

One wonders if they perhaps thought Michelangelo was poking fun at them; any priest saying Mass at the main altar, after all, had no choice but to stare at Charon herding the damned to hell.