From saints and scholars to fearless reformers, these popes didn’t just shape Church history — they shaped my life of faith.

The 381 Council of Constantinople solidified Trinitarian doctrine, affirmed the Holy Spirit’s divinity, and reshaped the Nicene Creed, marking a turning point in early Christian theology.

The previous Pope Leo emphasized the Catholic Church's responsibility to care for the poor and support workers' rights.

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

Celebrating his first Mass in Rome’s diocesan cathedral, Pope Leo XIV said communion is built primarily “on our knees,” ...

The Rule of St. Augustine offered monks a firm structure for their daily lives of work and prayer, even before the mendicant ...

from Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck’s Vespa joyride in Roman Holiday to last year’s Oscar-nominated Conclave. The latter film, about the political intrigue behind the selection of a new Pope ...

It was the leadership of men like Pope Leo that ensured Catholicism would endure far longer than the Roman Empire would, with consequences even Pope Leo I could not have foreseen. This ability to ...

the Roman training school for future members of the Vatican diplomatic service. He was ordained in 1837. He began his career as an administrator in the Papal States — first, as governor of Benevento ...

Not naming names, but the major television commentators who covered the funeral of Pope Francis and the election ... and what they mean today for the Roman Catholic Church as well as the wider ...

I join millions of Catholics and good people on planet earth to congratulate Pope Leo XIV on his historic ... that would ultimately transform the Roman Empire and shape world history.

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 ...