Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the new pontiff and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV. There are no written rules or official criteria for a pope's name, but they choose names that ...

And the regnal name that he chose, Leo XIV, had beautiful and powerful resonance for anyone familiar with the history of the Church. The new pope was hearkening back to his predecessor Leo XIII ...

The name a new pope chooses already speaks both to his vision of the future and how he sees himself being grafted into the church’s history. The previous Pope Leo warned us that human ingenuity ...

When Catholics heard on May 8 the new pope had chosen the name Leo XIV, the thoughts of many turned immediately to Leo XIII, the last pope to bear the name. That most recent Leo, who served as pope ...

The name choice of a new pope carries symbolism for the values he wishes to emulate, in recognition of the most pressing issues he sees as leader of the Catholic Church. For Pope Leo XIV ...

As Pope Leo XIV laid out his vision for the papacy in an address to the College of Cardinals, he also explained why he picked his papal name. Incredibly, artificial intelligence played a big part.

Pope Leo XIV said Saturday that he selected his papal name in part to commemorate Pope Leo XIII for his commitment to social issues and workers' rights during the industrial revolution.

Leo XIII, the partial inspiration for the new pope's name, was elected in 1878. He was a prominent figure in the Catholic Church's social teaching, particularly surrounding the rights of workers ...