The text in question is a list of 112 phrases said to be associated with popes, beginning with Celestine II ... The 112th pope was described as "Peter the Roman." The prophecy goes on in a ...

Pope Celestine V, on the other hand ... The popes hark back in a line to Saint Peter, a Galilean fisherman who was told by Jesus to be a fisher of men. We need the new pope to be less about ...

The papacy, an institution stretching back nearly two millennia, represents one of history's longest unbroken lines of ...

There has not been a pope called Celestine since the name was taken ... It would be a brave man who named himself Peter II. The name is considered off limits out of respect for the Church's ...

Before he stepped out of the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in 2013 as Pope Francis in tribute to the saint of Assisi, the late pontiff was known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. That’s ...

Appearing on the balcony of St. Peter’s is a pope’s first appearance – a tradition full of symbolism. I am a scholar who studies Roman Catholic theology and history. I am particularly ...

LONDON and ROME -- Pope Leo XIV spoke on Sunday of the remarkable times during which he's been elevated to the papacy, saying in his first homily as pontiff that he will rise to the task "with ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - When Cardinal Dominique Mambertì appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica and uttered the fateful Latin phrase "Habemus Papam" (We have a pope), more than ...

Czechoslovakian-born Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny walks after paying his respects during a ceremony inside St Peter's Basilica following the procession of the late Pope's coffin from the ...