The coming papal conclave is just days away and, within days or weeks of the doors to the Sistine Chapel closing, the ...

Pope Francis, the second-oldest pope in modern history, has died at age 88, leaving behind a legacy of change in the Catholic ...

The Catholic Church mourns Pope Francis's death after almost 12 years of service. Saint Peter is historically known as the ...

A snapshot of the papacies of the 11 modern popes that preceded Pope Francis, from Pope Benedict XVI to Blessed Pope Pius IX.

Pope Francis made history with his election in 2013 as the first Latin American as well as the first Jesuit ever elected.

Following Pope Francis's death, interest surges in films and TV shows depicting the papacy. From political thrillers like ...

What happens during the interregnum period? Tom Reese, S.J., explains the time between one pope's death and the succession of ...

Those binary viewpoints fail to explain why, in a book co-written with Fr Luigi Maria Epicoco , Francis declared that Pope John Paul II had “the ... Alexander Vl. Leo would be an interesting ...

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Peter was the first pontiff of the Catholic church, and several popes have been considered "great" in the interim.

Saint Peter is historically known as the longest-serving pope. Pius IX, John Paul II, and Leo XIII also had long reigns. The article highlights the ten longest-serving popes. It details their ...