What does it mean that the newest pope has chosen the name Leo XIV? We look to the history of papal Leos to decode the choice.

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

What Pope Leo XIV's name could tell us about himself and what's ahead for the church. Five popes named Leo are also saints.

The newly elected pope is about to step onto the world stage. Once the white smoke appears and the new pontiff is introduced ...

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

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

A bell is also rung, part of the ritual introduced when Pope Benedict XVI was elected, which confirms the smoke is white and ...

The papal conclave is private election held behind ... His death fueled the Western Schism, a period when a split in the church caused multiple popes to gain election at the same time.

Of course,' the first lady replied. As it transpired on Saturday morning, it was the president, rather than his wife, who turned up to the historic papal funeral more than a little unprepared.

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Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full of pomp and pageantry, as the world’s Catholics bid him farewell ...