Pope Leo XIV has seen and experienced the Church in more contexts than perhaps any other person currently living...’ ...

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

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

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

Around a quarter of a million people are expected to pack into St Peter's Square in Vatican City on Sunday to watch the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV ... the lines he will draw in the future ...

Pope Leo XIV reopened the papal apartment, sealed since Francis’ death. The pope’s residence hasn’t always been in the ...

They include five Raphael frescoes and cover 1,500 years of papal politics and 500 years of art history ... Giulio took the name Clement VII when elected pope himself in 1524, following which ...

“We didn’t expect an American to be Pope,” Gregory Treverton, a USC Professor, said. Treverton is a professor of international relations at the University of Southern California and a former ...

“We have a pope!” The Cardinal Protodeacon’s announcement ... tradition of popes who stand up to secular power: from Gregory VII, who made Emperor Henry IV walk barefoot through the snow ...

Despite his youthful age, Pope Leo X's papacy was unexpectedly cut short after he died at 45, his pontificate lasting less than nine years. Another unusually young pope was Clement VII ...

The longest one ever, in the 13th century, took almost three years to choose Pope Gregory X. The shortest conclave on record, in 1503, took just 10 hours to choose Pope Pius III. How long was the ...

Names like John, Benedict, and Gregory ... on Christian art - a rooster atop St Peter's Basilica, a symbol of Peter's denial of Christ still seen on churches today. Leo V (Pope in 903) A pope ...