Pope Leo XIV acknowledged visitors from Dallas in St. Peter's Square on Sunday. Leo mentioned followers from Texas were among the crowd after delivering a prayer, Regina Caeli, from the loggia at St.

On Monday, many people gathered at the Co - Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Downtown Houston for a special mass to pray for Pope Leo XIV.

The news was delivered by the camerlengo, a senior Vatican official, with ties to Texas. Cardinal Kevin Farrell was a former ... Farrell is expected to lead the Catholic Church until a new pope is ...