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 ...

VATICAN CITY, Holy See — From Pius to Clement, Hilarius to Simplicius, papal names through the centuries are inextricably linked to the brilliant or wretched legacies of the men who have ruled the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep ... and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The End The 111th pope following Celestine II just happens to be the current one, Pope Francis.

While many Catholics are celebrating the election, a growing number of online conspiracy theorists are turning their attention to a prophecy that suggests Leo XIV might be the las ...

Cardinals electing Pope Francis's successor will have an easier time than many of their predecessors, who endured spartan conditions and were even locked up so long that some of them died. Here are ...