When Robert Prevost was elected pope this week, he chose one of the most popular papal names. The lives of the Pope Leos who ...

Throughout history, there’s been so much drama at the top of the Catholic Church, it’s no wonder the movie Conclave was a ...

VATICAN CITY, — Robert Prevost, the new pope selected after Pope Francis' death, has chosen the name Leo, used by 13 popes ...

COMMENTARY: Who the new pope will be is not exactly who he has been — being Leo is different than being Robert, just as being Peter is different than being Simon.

The cardinals took their time after the death of Pope Clement IV in 1268 ... tainted the conclave following the death of Pope Gregory XI. The home of the papacy had switched to France in 1309 ...

Catholic cardinals from all around the the world will be locked in the Vatican today to decide on the successor to Pope ...

The longest conclave in the last 100 years was in 1922 and took five days and concluded with the election of Pope Pius XI. He served as ... When Pope Clement IV died in 1268 it took 1,006 days ...

Other recurrent names in the Papal tradition include Clement, Innocent ... XII in direct recognition of Pius XI (1922–1939), who made him a Cardinal and Secretary of State. Some names have never been ...

The secretive Vatican conclave to elect a new pope has begun, as 133 cardinals gather under intense security, ancient rituals ...

The election of the new pope is the most secretive democratic process in the world, with even its name - from the Latin 'cum ...

Cardinals have returned to the Sistine Chapel for the second day of the secretive process to elect the next leader of the ...