Latter-day Saint scholar Matthew Bowman explains the similarities and differences in how Catholics pick their popes and ...

The Antofagasta Chile Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is beginning its open house period today, a period in which both members and non-members alike can walk through and ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the new pontiff and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV. There are no written ...

Since the mid-20th century, papal names have been considered a statement of intent. Here's what the new papal name could ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, elected in 2013, decided to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi, who was known for his humility, ...

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope" — from the balcony of St. Peter’s ...

A sale price has hit public records for Amazon’s purchase of 522 Fifth Ave. The e-commerce behemoth bought the property from ...

BENEDICT: Last chosen by German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger ... apostles and the author of one of the Gospels, or St. John the Baptist, the prophet who baptized Jesus. “John the XXIII was a ...

The practice of adopting a new name became ingrained during the 11th century, a period of German popes who chose names of early church bishops.