“I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father. It was not you who chose me, but ...

May is Mary’s month. Let’s begin it this year by looking at her place in the classic Christian confessions of faith, the ...

Since the mid-20th century, papal names have been considered a statement of intent. Here's what the new papal name could ...

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope" — from the balcony of St. Peter’s ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, elected in 2013, decided to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi, who was known for his humility, ...

Latter-day Saint scholar Matthew Bowman explains the similarities and differences in how Catholics pick their popes and ...

This Sunday’s second reading from Revelation resolves the tension raised in last Sunday’s reading about the gap between ...

The practice of adopting a new name became ingrained during the 11th century, a period of German popes who chose names of early church bishops.

Cardinal Robert Prevost spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican's powerful office of bishops ...

After participating in the Conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV as the successor of Peter, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu ...

But as Robert Prevost announced his papal name to be Pope Leo XIV, questions are being raised on why exactly the pope must ...

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...