If the Pope Joan narrative is mystically powerful, and telling the tale of that narrative is also potent, then recounting the ...

The latest victim of Trump Derangement Syndrome? The first American pontifex maximus of the Roman Catholic Church, apparently ...

Pope Leo I helped to ensure that Catholicism would outlast the Roman Empire. His name is a reminder that our faith rises ...

Robert Prevost was selected by the papal conclave to be the first North American leader of the Catholic church ...

Robert Francis Prevost celebrated his first Mass as Pope Leo XIV one day after his election. Here's what you need to know about the former Cardinal who became the first American to ascend to the Holy ...

In 12 AD he made himself Pontifex Maximus, the chief priest of Rome and head of the Collegium Pontificum, the highest priests in the land. These initiatives were very popular. To many Romans ...

May he prove to be, in the splendid Latin phrase, a “pontifex maximus” — a builder of bridges. Lord knows, no pun intended, that is what the world needs. San Diego’s new ambulance model is ...

“It’s not all that different from what a president or king or queen would do.” _ Pontifex Maximus: The pope is the supreme pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. He has final say in all ...

The three Filipino cardinals who participated in the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV urged the people on Friday to pray for the new pontiff as they expressed optimism about his papacy.

The Vatican has announced a series of engagements for the new pontiff including meetings with cardinals, the media and the general public. | ITV National News ...

They were headed by the pontifex maximus (chief priest) who, from Augustus onwards, was always the emperor. The king of sacred things The rex sacrorum, meaning “king of sacred things” was a ...

It was a greeting, and a goodbye. The groundbreaking nature of Francis’s papacy began with his own biography. The first pontifex maximus to rise from South America, the Argentinian was also the first ...