As pope, Leo XIV has focused clearly on peace policy, swiftly addressing the Ukraine and Gaza wars. He thus joins the ...

The papacy, an institution stretching back nearly two millennia, represents one of history's longest unbroken lines of ...

Pope Leo XIV, an American and a global citizen, can be a strong advocate for the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of ...

Following Pope Francis’s passing on April 21 and the election of Pope Leo on May 8, many people have wondered where the ...

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

From a portable throne carried on the shoulders of attendants to state-of-the-art electric cars, the pope’s means of ...

As we file, Jannik Sinner, the leading Italian tennis player and world No. 1, is playing point for point against the Spanish ...

Six hundred years later, Pope Gregory VII forced the brilliant monarch of the Holy Roman Empire, Henry IV, to walk barefoot in the snow for miles before granting him forgiveness at Canossa ...

Another unusually young pope was Clement VII, who began his papacy at the age ... After John, the most common names have been Gregory and Benedict. Papal names have almost always been taken ...

VATICAN CITY, — Robert Prevost, the new pope selected after Pope Francis' death, has chosen the name Leo, used by 13 popes before him dating back to the 5th century. To understand his choice, it's ...

John was the most popular, chosen by 23 popes, followed by Benedict and Gregory, each with 16 ... across the then "Kingdom of Italy." Pope Leo VII, born in Rome, was the pope from 936 to 939.