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 ...

Princess Charlene of Monaco and her husband Prince Albert attended Pope Leo XIV’s papal inauguration mass on Sunday in St.

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 Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

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

At his installation Mass, the pope said, "in this our time, we still see too much discord, too many wounds caused by hatred, ...

The Duke of Edinburgh met Pope Leo while representing the Royal Family at one of the Vatican's most significant events this ...