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 ...

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 ...

Two breathing issues meant that the Pope - whose health thousands recently gathered in St Peter's Square to pay ... starting with Celestine II in 1143 and ending with the current Church leader ...

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 ...

As the College of Cardinals gathers in the Sistine Chapel to vote for a new pope, crowds outside will watch for the most dramatic moment of the conclave, when a wisp of white smoke appears above ...

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 ...

"The last thing I imagined was an American pope," said Daniel Runde, 21, a Catholic from the United States who was in St. Peter's Square with two friends. "From what I saw as Pope Leo XIV stepped ...

signaling that a new pope had been chosen with a decisive vote by the cardinal electors gathered for the papal conclave. After the white smoke brought an initial cheer, the crowd in St. Peter's ...