Whether it is Francis II, Leo XIV, or a never-before-used name, a new pope's chosen name sends an early signal about his ...

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Cardinal Prevost was elected pontiff on the second day of the conclave, becoming the leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

Multiple AI-generated YouTube videos made up a tall tale to tug at the heartstrings in the wake of the pope's passing.

selecting the pontifical name "Francis" after St. Francis of Assisi, a choice that set the tone for the rest of his papacy. Fox News' Caitlin McFall, Emma Colton and Chris Massaro contributed ...

Mine happened to be St. Francis of Assisi. Even at a young age ... including any kind of decision-making leadership, ...

Francis awoke around 6 a.m. Monday appearing “reasonably well,’’ sources told Pique, who wrote a 2014 biography on Il Papa ... s ceiling to announce that a new pope has been elected.

Pope Francis’ death will set in motion the Catholic Church’s elaborate and centuries-old procedure for electing a new pontiff ... after St. Francis of Assisi. The meeting will take place ...

When he was elected in 2013, Pope Francis said he chose his name in honor of St. Francis of Assisi ... biography. Pope Francis, or Jorge, was the eldest of the five siblings, according to the ...

A Binghamton author is out with a new book that found fact often mirroring the fiction he was writing. Roger Brooks has ...

Cardinal electors will vote in secret, with white smoke signifying the election of a new pope. Following Pope Francis' death, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, former Archbishop of Indianapolis, is a ...