According to HotNews, few modern popes have kept their baptismal names, with rare exceptions like Marcellus II and Adrian VI.

Whether it is Francis II, Leo XIV, or a never-before-used name, a new pope's chosen name sends an early signal about his ...

As the world waits for the conclave at the Vatican to elect a new pontiff, another question remains at the back of everyone’s ...

St. John Paul II’s birthday is May 18; he was born on this day in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. When he was elected to the papacy ...

Prince Edward has joined an estimated 250,000 pilgrims and a host of world leaders are gathering in St Peter's Square today ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, is scheduled to deliver his first such prayer on Sunday from the loggia where he first appeared in ...

Around 6 a.m., thousands of people began to file into St. Peter’s Square for Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass. Thousands of volunteers from the Red Cross and other groups took positions in the streets ...