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

Since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has positioned itself as the preeminent mediator for international conflicts regardless ...

Ever since Pope John XXIII was elected in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, ...

Like the other ceremonies and traditions that accompany the advent of a new pope, his newly chosen name will be imbued with centuries of Catholic history and dissected for its many layers of meaning.

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

The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the revelation of the new pontiff’s baptismal name, in Latin, followed by his papal ...

The name a new pope chooses is often the first clue to his priorities. The last pope named Leo was Leo XIII, who began his ...

During his papacy, he addressed the rights workers ... for Leo VIII to be pope after removing and expelling then Pope John XII for "sponsoring an armed insurrection against Otto the Great, the ...

John Paul I’s papacy lasted just 33 days ... the Society of St. Pius X; Pius XII was the World War II-era pope criticized for not speaking out sufficiently about the Holocaust.