Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope ...

The last non-European pontiff before him was Pope Gregory III, who reigned from 731 to 741 and was born in what is now Syria. With a span of more than 1,270 years between them, Pope Francis’s ...

Leo officially opened his pontificate by taking his first popemobile tour through the piazza, a rite of passage that has ...

It was commissioned in the late 16th century by Pope Gregory XIII. Around 20 years ago, I had the rare opportunity to visit the Meridian Hall—also known as the Sundial Room—inside the tower ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

Flag Flag this item for Graphic Violence ... Pope (1073-1085 : Gregory VII) Publication date 1920 Topics Gregory VII, Pope, approximately 1015-1085 -- Correspondence, Church history -- Middle Ages, ...