For the last over 120 years, the men who wore the robes of papacy did not just lead the Catholic Church, they steered the ...

The last was Pope John Paul I, born Albino Luciani. Elected on August 26, 1978, he remained on the papal throne for only 33 ...

For centuries, men assuming the top job in the Roman Catholic Church kept their birth names. That changed with Pope John II.

Mystery and drama always surround a conclave, but the deeper issue is the mission of the Catholic Church in the modern world.

Pope Francis became the church’s 266th in 2013 when the papal conclave elected him after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.

in a nod to his resemblance to Pope John XXIII, the round-faced reforming pope of the early 1960s. Pope Francis once quipped that his successor might take the name of John XXIV. Aveline is known ...

The body of Pope John XXIII was also not embalmed on his death in 1963, but it was treated with preservatives that were so effective that his face was perfectly preserved when the casket was ...

Among those who were given sainthood by Pope Francis, were former popes John XXIII, John Paul II and Paul VI. Some others who were given sainthood posthumously, were Mother Teresa of Calcutta ...

One Sunday in April, 2014, outside St. Peter’s, Pope Francis canonized two Popes: John XXIII (who died in 1963) and John Paul II (who was “fast-tracked” for sainthood shortly after his death).