Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. On his first papal trip, he went to the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good ...

Even many of the less-than-devout know what it means to throw a Hail Mary. The month of May is ... most often, holding the baby Jesus, as in the Genazzano 15th century painting, a close-up of ...

GENAZZANO, Italy — Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking ... holding the baby Jesus, as in the Genazzano 15th century painting, a close ...