A pope’s chosen name usually offers a glimpse into the direction he intends to take. When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis, it was clear that he sought to emulate Saint Francis of ...

For many centuries we have seen the custom of a new pope changing his name. It signals the kind of papacy he envisions as he assumes the mantle.

The new Pope is inaugurated in St Peter's on Sunday. Then the great wave of public and media interest in the Catholic Church will subside. A few more people can now tell a pallium from a chasuble. A ...

Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha Harivansh, along with Nagaland's Deputy Chief Minister Yanthungo Patton, represented India at ...

Former FBI Director James Comey has been interviewed by the Secret Service about a social media post that Republicans ...

As it turns out, Pope Leo XIV is Catholic. The U.S.-born pontiff delivered an address Friday to the Vatican diplomatic corps ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

Discover the significance of Pope Leo XIV's name, a powerful statement of tradition and openness to modernity, reflecting his ...

He served for two decades in Peru, where he became a bishop, and is a Peruvian national. In addition to English, he speaks ...

A century ago, Pope Leo XIII defended workers’ rights during the Industrial Revolution. Will Leo XIV do the same for AI?

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope on ...

Pope Leo XIV had deleted his old, personal social media accounts, which featured posts that criticized the Trump administration.