The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

The folklore of the prophecy of St. Malachy says that Pope Francis may be the very last pontiff. Historians say that's doubtful.

Prevost will now go by a new name: Pope Leo XIV ... For instance, Pope Francis was the first to adopt the name of St. Francis of Assisi, signaling his commitment to humility and service to ...

But in naming himself Leo, the new pope could also have wanted to signal a strong line of continuity: Brother Leo was the 13th century friar who was a great companion to St. Francis of Assisi ...

The Vatican’s College of Cardinals will soon gather in Rome to elect a new head of ... something Francis cared deeply about, like his namesake St. Francis of Assisi. Read more: Francis − ...

Renaissance painter’s fresco cycle depicting the life of the saint in Assisi, Italy, took an innovative, vibrant approach to ...

With Laudato Si’: On the Care of Our Common Home, Pope Francis echoed the words of St. Francis of Assisi, who considered ... it’s true that it’s new, but on the other, it’s also true ...

One of the most poignant images after Pope Francis's death was a close-up photograph of his shoes as he lay in his open coffin inside St. Peter's Basilica. Scuffed, worn and workaday, they were a ...