VATICAN CITY, — Robert Prevost, the new pope selected after Pope Francis' death, has chosen the name Leo, used by 13 popes ...

When Cardinal Robert Prevost appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, he was introduced by the name Leo XIV. The ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, ...

Pope Leo XIV’s first words as pope were a call for peace, echoing the legacy of his predecessors. Here's a look at their ...

Newly elected as pope, Robert Prevost has chosen Leo XIV as his papal name. No pope has been named Leo since the early 1900s. The most recent, Pope Leo XIII, served as supreme pontiff from 1878 to ...

Explore historical trivia behind the longest conclave and the shortest, the oldest pope and the youngest and a handful of ...

Pope Clement XIV is also buried in the Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles in Rome. Among the popes who are not buried in Rome, we can name Gregory XII (1406-1415) — the last pope before Benedict XVI ...

Pope Francis ordered that upon his death he would be buried in the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore (Basilica of St. Mary Major). This basilica was very dear to him. Francis, however, will not be the ...

Various factors are at play when it comes to the decision of a burial place. The Salus Populi Romani icon is displayed in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. (photo: Daniel Ibañez/CNA / EWTN ...

One such pontiff was Pope Gregory XIII. Purported miscalculations in the Julian calendar spurred Gregory XIII to decree a new calendar in 1582 – as the spring equinox had fallen back to early ...

No Pope had stepped down since Gregory XII in 1415 but in 2013, Pope Benedict XVI announced his own resignation at the age of 85, citing “lack of strength of mind and body” due to his ...