The pope must defend the family from the state‘s attacks while promoting peace and asserting independence from state power.

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

The papacy, an institution stretching back nearly two millennia, represents one of history's longest unbroken lines of ...

Just an infant at the end of Marozia’s rule, she became in succession the Queen of Italy and Queen of the Germans, and in 962 she was crowned and consecrated by Pope John XII—in an ...

The custom became the standard in 955 with Pope John XII, according to Vatican News. Earlier popes—including Saint Peter, born Simon—had already used names other than their birth names ...

saying it was “a gift” that his service as pope began on that day. “On this Sunday, we always hear proclaimed at Mass a passage from the tenth chapter from the Gospel of John, where Jesus ...

During the event known as the " Cadaver Synod ," Formosus was found guilty of being a bishop in two places at once and had ...

Since the practice began in 955 with Pope John XII, according to Vatican News, certain names have emerged as favorites. They include John, a biblical name with pastoral connotations that has been ...

Out of 264 popes, 129 chose a new name. Since Pope John XII, there have been 12 Innocents (the first Pope Innocent held the papacy from 401 to 417), seven Urbans (the first Pope Urban reigned from ...

VATICAN CITY, — Robert Prevost, the new pope selected after Pope Francis' death, has chosen the name Leo, used by 13 popes before him dating back to the 5th century. To understand his choice, it ...