The Election of Pope Leo XIV delighted and surprised many Catholics and non-Catholics alike. His first words before he gave his apostolic blessing, “Urbi et Orbi” (“To the City and the World”), were memorable.

Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, issuing an appeal for Gaza, which he calls an “increasingly worrying and painful” situation, harming children, elderly, and the sick in particular.

Over 150 delegations attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV's Pontificate. Leo XIV trembled with emotion, "with a heart full of gratitude," when he was bestowed with the pallium and the Fisherman's Ring accrediting him as the 267th Pontiff of the Catholic Church.