Pope Leo XIV is signalling his commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse. He has appointed a French ...

A full list of all the popes who have ruled the Roman Catholic Church world in the last 110 years has been compiled and published. Pope Francis is the last of them.

Here's a list of all the men who have had the role. Pope Francis became the church’s 266th in 2013 when the papal conclave elected him after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.

He is known for his support of the pope's outreach to Orthodox Christians. Pope Francis greets the archbishop of Budapest, Cardinal Peter Erdo, on April 28, 2023, as he arrived for a papal visit ...

There is a long list of demands in the new pope's in-tray, ranging from the position of women in the church to the ongoing fight against sexual abuse and restoring papal finances.

The list of Popes throughout history Jake Paul uses a helicopter to put "W" deodorant on the Statue of Liberty The papal succession has gone through periods of stability, crisis, reform and schism.

One need look no further than the 455-year streak of Italian popes that stretched from Adrian VI, the Dutch pope who died in 1623, to the Polish-born John Paul II, elected in 1978.

But even with all the speculation, there's still a chance for a surprise. Jorge Mario Bergoglio was considered too old to be elected pope in 2013 at age 76 and Karol Wojtyla wasn’t on any front ...

The pope's funeral is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 26, at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. ET) in St. Peter's Square, which is located in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

But even with all the speculation, there's still a chance for a surprise. Jorge Mario Bergoglio was considered too old to be elected pope in 2013 at age 76 and Karol Wojtyla wasn’t on any front ...

But even with all the speculation, there's still a chance for a surprise. Jorge Mario Bergoglio was considered too old to be elected pope in 2013 at age 76 and Karol Wojtyla wasn’t on any front ...

But even with all the speculation, there's still a chance for a surprise. Jorge Mario Bergoglio was considered too old to be elected pope in 2013 at age 76 and Karol Wojtyla wasn’t on any front ...