Newly elected as pope, Robert Prevost has chosen Leo XIV as his papal name. No pope has been named Leo since the early 1900s.

In 1045, Benedict IX sold the papacy to his godfather, Giovanni Graziano, who took the name Pope Gregory VI. His papacy was short-lived. By 1046, three men - Benedict, Sylvester III, and Gregory ...

Among the odd Benedict facts, Pope Benedict IX was the only person to serve as ... The most common papal name is John, followed by Gregory and Benedict. Although there has been a Pope John XXIII ...

The pomp and ceremony of a papal conclave — the flutter of cardinals gathering in their red robes, the crowds at the Vatican awaiting the white smoke that proceeds the proclamation from a ...