Following the death of Pope Francis, the conclave of cardinals that gathered at the Vatican wasted little time choosing a new ...

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

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 to September 1271 ... The most prominent antipopes ...

Gregory VII: This Gregory was one of the 16 men by that name and is not to be confused with the more famous Gregory the Great. This pope was a reformer, who struggled to deal with the problems of ...

When Gregory died two years later ... The cardinals admitted they didn’t mean to elect him and went on to elect Pope Clement VII. But Urban VI wasn’t going away, and the church had two ...

Whether it is Francis II, Leo XIV, or a never-before-used name, a new pope's chosen name sends an early signal about his ...

Other common choices include Gregory (16), Benedict (15 ... and eight Bonifaces but no Pope Boniface VII. In the early days of Catholicism, popes simply used their baptismal name, and some ...

The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 ... The most prominent antipopes during the Western Schism were Clement VII, Benedict XIII, Alexander V, and John XXIII.

The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 ... The most prominent antipopes during the Western Schism were Clement VII, Benedict XIII, Alexander V, and John XXIII.