Benedict XVI baptizes an adult. (Credit: Associated Press.) By tradition, popes always baptize a handful of new members of the faith during the Easter Vigil Mass, as Pope Francis did this year ...

On the eve of Pentecost, Pope Leo XIV prayed that the Holy Spirit would help Catholic lay associations, movements and ...

Candlelight illuminated St. Peter’s Basilica during the Easter Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday where Pope Francis’ homily, read on his behalf, proclaimed the resurrection of Christ as “the ...

Pope Benedict’s first words on the balcony ... John Paul died on the seventh day of the Octave of Easter, the vigil of Divine Mercy Sunday. (It was also a First Saturday, a Marian day, and ...

Pope Francis will be present on Saturday night at the Easter Vigil in Rome despite having canceled his participation ... in line with his predecessor Benedict XVI. But in an autobiography published in ...

On Saturday night, he presided over the Easter vigil, also without incident ... on whether he will retire just as his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, did in 2013. But in a recently published ...

Pope Francis is seen at St. Peter's Basilica prior to the Easter Vigil Mass, Saturday, April 19, 2025. Credit: Courtesy Clara Fontan The Pope, who has delegated cardinals to preside over all Holy ...