used by 13 popes before him dating back to the 5th century. To understand his choice, it's important to know why popes are ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic ...

Regoli pointed out that “the first popes up to the fifth century are buried in the catacombs or some surface monuments. Leo I the Great is the first pope buried in St. Peter’s. From that ...

The church officially recognizes St. Peter, the first pope, as the longest-serving, with at least 34 years. However, many ...

As early as 2015, Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. He was so devoted ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the ...

Augustinian friar friends of new pope watch him deliver his first Sunday prayerThe requirements and ethos of the order are traced to the fifth century St. Augustine of Hippo, one of the ...

Pope Leo XIV is the first pope who belongs to the Order of Saint Augustine, whose principles, priests say, offer a window ...

As early as 2015, Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. He was so devoted ...