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

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

Pope Leo XIV says he chose the name in honor of Leo XIII, connecting his predecessor’s focus on workers during the industrial ...

Cardinals are set to begin the conclave to choose the next Pope, but there's several facts about the secret vote that may not be known.

Pope St. Gregory the VII later drove at the root of the issue, instituting moral reforms. Blessed Pope Urban II launched the first crusade, impacting not only medieval Europe but the Middle East ...

few expect to hear Paul VII proclaimed from the balcony — given the struggles the most recent pope of that name (St. Paul VI) encountered during the last 10 years of his reign, when he often ...

Papal conclaves have featured calls of election fraud and bribery so gauche that riches were wheeled in on donkey carts.

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

Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries and created a ...

Tens of thousands had packed St ... says Gregory X made it clear that conclaves should be focused and expeditious. "According to the original prescription, if a pope had not been elected after ...

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

AFP//Getty Images Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, better known as Pope Francis, addresses the crowd on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica ... eleventh-century pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) - by ...