I did not pray at his tomb, but at the one directly across from it -- that of Sixtus V. A Franciscan, whom no one has ever accused of being a saint, was elected pope after Pius's immediate successor, ...

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 going to be Pope Sixtus the sixth.’” When the white smoke poured out of St. Peter’s Basilica last ...

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 ...

“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 ...

The papal apartment, which is a series of rooms wrapping around the Vatican’s Sixtus V Courtyard, was the traditional home of pontiffs for over a century before Pope Francis eschewed those ...

In 1586, Pope Sixtus V had moved one of those ruins, a 350-ton obelisk to the center of St. Peter’s Square, where it stands to this day. It would have been the last landmark which St. Peter ...

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.

The papal apartment, which is a series of rooms wrapping around the Vatican’s Sixtus V Courtyard, was the traditional home of pontiffs for over a century. Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday briefly ...