D ONALD TRUMP was not in the end chosen to be pope, as he had jokingly suggested. But on May 8th the cardinals of the Roman ...

Pope Leo XIV is, in another first for a pontiff, a member — and prior general — of the Order of Saint Augustine, which was ...

Pope Leo XIV today leads the Regina Coeli prayer from the central loggia of St Peter’s Basilica. The new Pope who celebrated ...

On March 13, 2013, Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first pope to retire in six centuries. Francis became the 266th occupant of the papacy, which dates back to St. Peter, the disciple ...

The second Pope in a row to come from the Americas was born Robert Francis Prevost on 14 September 1955, at what was then called Mercy Hospital, at the corner ...

He becomes the 265th occupant of the throne of St Peter at a time of crisis and change. But in its two millennia the papacy has seen plenty of both.

A frenzy of betting is underway as gamblers try to predict results of the upcoming conclave to pick Pope Francis’ successor.

During the Middle Ages a story circulated that a woman disguised as a man was elected pope and lynched when she gave birth during a procession.

In 2014, Pope François appointed Prevost as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru, a role that underscored his ability to manage complex diocesan challenges. His tenure in ...