The beginning of the pontificate also includes taking canonical possession of the other three papal basilicas, including St. John Lateran Basilica, the cathedral of Rome and thus of the pope.

A gold metallic embroidered stole of Pope John XXIII and the papal tiara of Pope Paul VI are displayed at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on Oct. 30 ...

Now, Leo XIV has become the first U.S.-born pope — in 2,000 years. In his homily at his papal inauguration in 1978, John Paul II clearly emphasized, “Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for ...

Every pope uses his global platform to emphasize certain issues. John Paul II played a significant role in the collapse of Soviet and European Communism, planting the seeds of the Solidarity labor ...

Pope John Paul II baptizes 18 babies in the Sistine Chapel (Alberto Pizzoli/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images) Looking at what the pope actually earns — it’s not your standard paycheck situation. The ...

Minutes before the pope's address, marching bands serenaded the crowd with American-themed music such as "YMCA," "Gonna Fly Now," the theme from the film Rocky, and selections by John Philip ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — confirmed the Marymount International School 9th graders, usually 14 or 15 years old, in a Mass on May 11, 2024. (Credit: Marymount ...

The soggy crowds at the pope’s Mass at Tamiami Park in 1987. Carol Guzy Miami Herald File Lightning shook the skies, rain pelted the earth. But Pope John Paul ... in the glass-enclosed ...

His predecessors, Francis and Benedict XVI, were both revealed in the evening of the conclave’s second day, while John Paul II, the longest-reigning pope of modern times, was selected on the ...

The next pope will instantly become the perhaps the ... "Cardinal Tagle's performance of John Lennon's infernal song "Imagine" comes not, I think, from a future successor of Saint Peter, but ...

So, what happens next? There have been just seven papal elections in the last 100 years, with more than a quarter-century passing between the election of Pope John Paul II in October 1978 and that ...

For much of the past century, the conclave has needed between three and 14 ballots to find a pope. John Paul I — the pope who reigned for 33 days in 1978 — was elected on the fourth ballot.