Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

Beyond the sacred walls where cardinals will soon gather in solemn conclave, millions worldwide are placing bets on who will emerge as the successor to Pope Francis, transforming an ancient ...

The papal conclave, a gathering of 130 Roman Catholic cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope Francis, begins on May 7. No matter whom they choose, his place in church history is already ...

The tradition is not nearly as old as the papacy itself or even the Sistine Chapel, where voting takes place TIZIANA FABI,TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty The conclave to pick a new pope is a secretive ...

Many of the answers are surprising. Below is a list of firsts and lasts when it comes to choosing a new pope. Many of the facts below come from historian Frederic Baumgartner’s 2003 book Behind ...

These are just a few of the names popes have taken over the centuries. When the white smoke appears and a new pope is chosen, he is asked: “By what name shall you be called?” This tradition ...

Update: Cardinal Robert Prevost has been named the first American pope, selected Thursday by 133 cardinals from across the globe on the second day of the papal conclave in Rome. Follow the latest ...

Pope Leo XIV's papal name has a storied history — and stretches all the way back to the year 440 TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty The 267th pope has chosen his new name: Pope Leo XIV. Born with his ...

American author, speaker and theologian Bishop Robert Barron was at the Vatican this week to witness the election of a new pope, and he shared his thoughts with Fox News Digital about Cardinal ...

The name a new pope chooses will "indicate a certain spirit and direction and vision of the new pope," said Dennis Doyle, a theologian and professor emeritus of religious studies at the University ...

Newly elected as pope, Robert Prevost has chosen Leo XIV as his papal name. No pope has been named Leo since the early 1900s. The most recent, Pope Leo XIII, served as supreme pontiff from 1878 to ...

A new Peruvian tourism route “Paths of Pope Leo XIV” highlights the places where the Holy Father exercised his fruitful pastoral ministry in the Andean country.