McKenna Snow

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VATICAN CITY // When he was a child, Pope Leo XIV would pretend to be a priest and celebrate Mass, his brother John Prevost said this week to news outlet RTE. “He took our mom’s ironing board and put a tablecloth over it and we had to go to Mass,” Prevost recalled of his brother, then-Robert Prevost. He told reporters that the future pontiff was confident in his Latin and English prayers and took pretend-saying the Mass quite seriously.

1 week ago | catholicvote.org | McKenna Snow

VATICAN CITY // The Holy Father Pope Leo XIV this morning celebrated his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel with the cardinal electors, offering a homily reflecting on St. Peter’s response to Jesus’ question in Matthew 16: “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” The question “concerns an essential aspect of our ministry,” Pope Leo XIV said, “namely, the world in which we live, with its limitations and its potential, its questions and its convictions.” Peter’s response charges all...

1 week ago | catholicvote.org | McKenna Snow

VATICAN CITY // Today, former Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. His background sheds light on the experiences that he is bringing to the pontificate. Born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1955, Pope Leo XIV is the first pope from the United States. He is also an Augustinian, having professed final vows in the Order of Saint Augustine in 1981.

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VATICAN CITY // The passage in Matthew when Jesus gives Peter the keys to the kingdom of Heaven is frequently mentioned when Catholics cite where the papacy is found in Scripture, but there are other instances in both the Old and New Testaments that prove the Church’s leader‘s role is biblically based, a priest and Rome-based theology professor explained in a recent interview with CatholicVote.

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VATICAN CITY // Mexican actor Eduardo Verástegui has been leading the rosary in the afternoon at St. Peter’s Square since May 4, livestreaming the prayers on his social media accounts that have over a million followers. Verástegui starred in the 2024 films Sound of Freedom and Cabrini and is currently the president of Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Mexico. On Instagram, he has 1 million followers, and on Facebook has 2.1 million.