Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue.

Pope Leo on his first Easter as pontiff urged the world to choose a path of dialogue and nonviolence in the face of the conflicts lacerating the world and announced a prayer vigil for peace April 11.

“The risen One is the same creator of the universe who, just as he brought us into existence out of nothing at the dawn of history, also gave his life for us on the Cross to show us his boundless...

The last pontiff to carry the Cross for the entire fourteen-station Way of the Cross procession was Pope St. John Paul II.

the Chrism Mass is a real, “For you, I am a bishop; with you, I am a Christian,” moment for any pastor of any diocesan flock, one not lost on Leo XIV in his first celebration of the Mass as leader of...