At the St. Augustine Cathedral 5:30 p.m. Monday evening, Bishop Lohse and the Kalamazoo Diocese is holding a Mass of Thanksgiving for Pope Leo XIV to "pray for the newly elected Holy Father," Bishop Lohse said.

Pope Leo's inauguration mass held on Sunday, May 19. After returning to Nigeria, Peter Obi shared why he did not personally meet the new Catholic Church head.

Eight young adult pilgrims called 'Perpetual Pilgrims' will accompany the Blessed Sacrament for the 3,300-mile mile trek this year named for St. Katharine Drexel

"It's very special, for our country and especially for our city,” a parishioner at the Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini says on the day that Pope Leo XIV is installed as leader of the Catholic Church.

Amid immigration raids and emptying pews, the Nashville diocese is reminding faithful that they are not required to attend Mass if they fear for their well-being, according to the church’s own teaching and canon law.

Pope Leo XIV has held "cordial" talks with US Vice-President JD Vance, according to the Vatican. It comes a day after Vance - a practicing Catholic - joined other dignitaries and thousands of worshipers at the Pope's inaugural mass on Sunday.