The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the ...

It is still an open question who will succeed Pope Francis. Even the name the new pope adopts is being eagerly awaited.

That is why most popes in history have chosen the name John. After stating his new name, the new pope is taken to the ...

The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...