The U.S. embassy’s annual celebration, held June 30, commemorated the 41st anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between ...

For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...

Occasionally they remember to call him by his new name, Pope Leo XIV, but it’s unfamiliar to their tongue. One of the guests ...

Contemporary gifts made by Indigenous artists carry the legacy of colonisation. The ethics of gift exchange need to be discussed more openly — which might include public discussion about how and why ...

He cited two of his predecessors; first, Pope Francis, who said that “War is always a defeat!”, and Pius XII, for whom ...

The next pope among those few, those happy few, personal favorites would be St. Pius V. Elected pope in January 1566, he led by his ascetic example, eating only two meager meals a day, vegetable ...

In this respect, the Pope is hardly an exception, as many Chicago pastors have been sent to do missionary work in Latin America, according to the historian Deborah Kanter.

In 1903, Pope Pius X became the first pontiff to live in the apartments. Many were surprised by Francis' choice to live in Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican guest house, though it was in keeping with ...

The papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace in 2007. Grzegorz Galazka/Archivio Grzegorz Galazka/Mondadori via Getty Images In 1903, Pope Pius X became the first pontiff to live in the apartments.

During the Middle Ages, some popes tried to finance the church by selling "indulgences," which granted remission of a sin. But the practice of selling indulgences was ended by Pope Pius V in 1567.

Pope Leo XIV, who was elected today, is from Chicago, Illinois. Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, the rector of Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral, has revealed that Chicago-born Pope Leo is a Cubs fan.