Marcellus II and his 16th-century predecessor Adrian VI (reigned 1522-1523) are the only popes since 996 to keep their given ...

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

Pope Benedict XVI said he wanted to pay homage to Benedict ... John can refer to St. John the Apostle, one of Jesus' 12 apostles and the author of one of the Gospels, or St. John the Baptist ...

Pope Benedict XVI said he wanted to pay homage to Benedict XV ... John can refer to St. John the Apostle, one of Jesus' 12 apostles and the author of one of the Gospels, or St. John the Baptist, the ...