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

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 ...

If Parolin, the Vatican's secretary of state, is elected, he may choose Paul VII, evoking Pope Paul VI ... nodding to the beloved reformer Pope John XXIII and signaling a pastoral, inclusive ...

The previous Leos were reformers, including Pope Leo ... and eight Bonifaces but no Pope Boniface VII. John and Gregory are the most common names among the popes. In its more than 2,000 years ...

Such as the sudden death of a pope named in the narrative as Gregory VII, and the differing positions that clash in the election of his successor to the papacy. With an excellent international ...

LONDON – From the moment Pope Francis passed away, it was evident that the battle to pick his successor as leader of the world’s Catholics would be between reformers determined to continue the ...

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my short conversation with Cardinal Robert Prevost, I could tell he was a ...