Reigning from 1513 until 1521, Leo X is probably best known for excommunicating Protestant Reformation leader Martin Luther, ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

The Pope’s political program is neither left-wing nor right-wing, but Catholic. His ambivalent relationship with the Trump ...

He was a long-standing ally of Francis, who repeatedly called for peace COVER STORY | AGENCIES | Cardinal Robert Francis ...

In casting himself as supreme leader and pope, Donald Trump inadvertently invoked the Christian understanding of the ...

For the first time in the history of these two preeminent institutions, their chosen leaders share the same nationality.

New pope's deliberate decision to identify with Peru in particular and the Global South generally is no accident ...

Papacy attained its highest glory in the late 20th century. Its power of virtue may not have moved mountains, but has torn ...

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Throughout history, there’s been so much drama at the top of the Catholic Church, it’s no wonder the movie Conclave was a ...

It is one of the oldest and most traditional communities of Catholicism, with eight centuries of history and Martin Luther ...