PORT CHARLOTTE — A day before the conclave to elect a new pope, Louis Prevost called his younger brother, Robert Prevost, from over 5,000 miles away in Southwest Florida and jokingly brainstormed ...

As a Catholic who attends the traditional Latin Mass, I love Pope Leo XIV; all Catholics have a duty to render filial love ...

“He comes out with, ‘I'm thinking about Sixtus,’” Louis said. “He went, ‘I’m gonna be Pope Sixtus the sixth.’” When the white smoke poured out of St. Peter’s Basilica last ...

Pope Sixtus VII, will soon begin the formal responsibilities of his office. His name choice, Leo XIV revives a papal title that has not been used since 1878.

Commentators have already noted that the last Pope Leo (XIII) was known for his devotion to social justice and the Virgin Mary. However, there is a longer history of popes called Leo — there have been ...

Finally, the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore was built during the papacy of Sixtus III (432 to 440) and stands out today as the final resting place of Pope Francis. While the Basilica of St. John ...

By 1588, Pope Sixtus V formally created the “College for Brokers of Wagers,” a legal body that oversaw public betting in Rome, where betting markets were integrated with shipping insurance and ...

The Sistine Chapel is named after Sixtus IV, who became pope in 1471 and commissioned its construction as the primary chapel of the papal court. It has been posited, though there are skeptics ...

“He comes out with, ‘I'm thinking about Sixtus,’” Louis said. “He went, ‘I’m gonna be Pope Sixtus the sixth.’” When the white smoke poured out of St. Peter’s Basilica last ...