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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

After that marathon conclave, Pope Gregory X was finally elected in September of 1271. There is no way to predict how long a conclave will take, but guidance can perhaps be taken from recent history.

The longest conclave on record dragged on for nearly three years. Pope Gregory X was finally elected in September of 1271 after about 1,000 days.

Pope Urban VII reigned for 12 days ... rather than to die in office, since Gregory XII more than 600 years ago, in 1415. Pope Benedict XVI. Pope John Paul II. He was the first Polish pope and ...

The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 ... The most prominent antipopes during the Western Schism were Clement VII, Benedict XIII, Alexander V, and John XXIII.

It's not easy to draw conclusions ... the death of Pope Clement IV in 1268, lasted almost three years and ultimately led to the establishment of stricter conclave rules by Pope Gregory X in ...

The Rev. Patrick Flanagan, associate professor of theology and religious studies at St. John’s University in New York, says Gregory X ... died to give Pope Clement VII time enough to escape ...

Of these five Syrian popes, the last three hailed from Muslim ruled lands: Sisinnius from the Rashidun caliphate, and Constantine and Gregory III from the Umayyad caliphate. Until the election of Pope ...