The Mass will we held at St. Augustine Cathedral downtown. The bells at the Catherdral also are set to ring 88 times today, one time for each year the pope lived, Rev. Gerald Kicanas said in a ...

Pope Leo XIV holds Mass during the formal inauguration of his pontificate in St. Peter's Square attended by heads of state, royalty and ordinary faithful, Sunday, May 18, 2025.

Robert Prevost, elected pope Thursday, grew up in Dolton. Former neighbors and local Catholics reacted to the election of the first American pontiff in the church's 2,000-year history.