The significance of a papal name lies in its symbolic power and the message it sends about a new pope’s intentions, ...

What Pope Leo XIV's name could tell us about himself and what's ahead for the church. Five popes named Leo are also saints.

Pope Leo XIII, who served from 1878 to 1903, led the church into the modern world, emphasizing its moral authority beyond ...

Habemus papam!” Those words echoed to the faithful around the world, including those waiting outside St. Peter’s Basilica as ...

Commentators have already noted that the last Pope Leo (XIII) was known for his devotion to social justice and the Virgin ...

When a new pope is elected, one of his first decisions is to choose a regnal name — a symbolic gesture that reveals spiritual ...

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio emerged onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after the conclave of March 2013, few ...

(RNS) — In taking the name Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost — Father Bob to American Catholics and Padre Roberto to his ...

In a press briefing Thursday after the conclave, Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said the choice of name “is a clear reference to the modern social doctrine of the Church, which began with ...

What's in a Papal Name? an Agenda for the Catholic Church By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio emerged onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after the ...