As indicated on the website of the Vatican Apostolic Almoner’s Office, the procedure for obtaining an apostolic blessing can ...

A photo of Pope Leo XIV putting on a White Sox cap while greeting a newlywed couple outside the Vatican this week has gone viral online and caused a surge of pride in his native South Side of Chicago.

Then, too, he delivered a message of peace. Leo was picking up the papal tradition of offering a Sunday blessing at noon, but with some twists. Whereas his predecessors delivered the greeting from the ...

Tens of thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Square to watch Pope Leo XIV deliver the first Sunday blessing of his pontificate exactly at noon.

Yesterday, visibly frail but serene and fully aware, he stepped onto the Apostolic Palace balcony at St. Peter’s Square for the last time to impart his blessing and share words that now carry a ...

A surprise papal blessing is lifting the spirits of Palms West nurse Leela Lal, who is still recovering after being brutally attacked by a patient A Blessing Amid the PainJust weeks before his ...

Pope Leo XIV is now granting apostolic blessings to the faithful around the world, a spiritual gesture that can be officially requested through the Vatican’s Apostolic Almoner’s Office.