Swiss Guards stand in formation at St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City on Thursday, after the conclave elected Cardinal Robert Prevost ... s creation: the sack of Rome.

But who is Robert Prevost, from today better known ... retreat to a place of refuge during times of crisis, like the Sack of Rome in 1527. For those seeking a more relaxed atmosphere, the rooftop ...

In 1081, while the Byzantine Empire was mired in a succession crisis, Robert Guiscard, Norman Duke of Apulia-Calabria, sought to take advantage and launched his conquest. To maintain appearances, he ...

In the late 4th and early 5th centuries, the Goths pressured by the Huns entered Roman territories, culminating in the ...

Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope, and the first United States citizen to become the bishop of Rome. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world ...

Robert C. Robbins is many things: Heart surgeon, scholar, University of Arizona president. And, apparently, Clone. Robbins called into the nationally syndicated "The Jim Rome Show" on Tuesday to ...

The Sack of Rome in 1527 was one of the most traumatic events in the ancient city’s history, marking a brutal collapse of Renaissance stability and shattering the prestige of the Vatican.

Roman Catholic cardinals cast secret ballots this week to elect a new pope in Rome — and on hand for the festivities is Father Robert Sirico, who fans of the show noticed is a dead ringer for ...

Let us keep in our ears the weak but always brave voice of Pope Francis, who blessed Rome — the Pope who blessed Rome and the world that day on the morning of Easter. Allow me to continue that ...

“We can get to a post-abuse church, and we really hope we can work with Robert Prevost on that,” Egan said. Prevost was head of the Augustinians from 2001 to 2013, based in Rome. In ...

VATICAN CITY — Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary ... be exciting to see a different kind of American Catholicism in Rome,’’ Imperatori-Lee said. Leo was expected to celebrate ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo ... this ministry as the Vicar of Christ and the Bishop of Rome. May he be for us a visible source and foundation of communion ...