For nothing more glorious, nothing nobler, nothing surely more honorable can be imagined than to belong to the One, Holy Catholic, Apostolic and Roman Church - Pope Pius XII, Encyclical Mystici Corporis Christi, no. 91
Pope Leo XIV giving his oldest brother Louis Prevost a big hug in St. Peter’s Basilica after he celebrated Mass for the Inauguration of his Petrine Ministry.
Pope Leo XIV holding back the tears, as he hears the Our Father chanted beautifully in Ukrainian, by the faithful of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church on pilgrimage in St. Peter’s Basilica for this Jubilee Holy Year.
Sister Geneviève Jeanningros, 81, Pope Francis’ longtime friend, who lives in a circus caravan in Rome and would visit the Pope every Wednesdays, once a month she would bring a transgender person with her. Today she broke protocol to say goodbye to him.
The Vatican announces that 40 people holding white roses will form a guard of honour for Pope Francis on the steps of Santa Maria Maggiore to welcome his coffin for his burial in the Basilica on Saturday. Among them the poor, the homeless, prisoners, transgenders, and migrants.
Pope Francis to children in Singapore: "All religions are paths to reach God. They are—to make a comparison—like different languages, different dialects, to get there. But God is God for everyone. If you start to fight saying 'my religion is more important than yours, mine is