The tradition of popes taking new names upon their election is one of the most recognizable customs in the Roman Catholic ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the first American pope as the new head of the Catholic Church on May 8, 2025. Father Gregory Sakowicz ... find possible alien life on planet Bill Gates ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich and Cardinal Wilton Gregory, also a South Side native, spoke about their experience in the conclave and electing the first American pope, Leo XIV, who is from this city.

Here are some facts about conclaves past, derived from historical studies including Miles Pattenden’s “Electing the Pope in ... Alexander VI, elected in 1492, was Spanish; Gregory III, elected ...

VATICAN CITY, Holy See — From Pius to Clement, Hilarius to Simplicius, papal names through the centuries are inextricably linked to the brilliant or wretched legacies of the men who have ruled the ...

The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the revelation of the new pontiff’s baptismal name, in Latin, followed by his papal ...

Names that were chosen more than ten times include John (23 times; most recently 1958-1963), Gregory (16 times ... name only as a sign of their new life." A pope "somehow retains" his original ...

A new pope could be chosen before the week is through as cardinals hold a conclave, and the name the new pontiff chooses ...

Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

Kim Daniels, Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life ... of one pope to the election of another. And that situation was simply found to be intolerable. And so Pope Gregory X, who ...

In the first week of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, his preaching and speeches have featured quotations from saints and Church Fathers from St. Ignatius of Antioch to St. Gregory the Great.

For many centuries, new popes tended to choose the name of the pope who had elevated them to cardinal. John was the most popular, chosen by 23 popes, followed by Benedict and Gregory, each with 16.