For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

Ever since Pope John XXIII was elected in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, ...

This followed the death of Pope John XXIII. This was the conclave that elected the then Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Giovani Montini as new pope who later became known as Pope Paul VI.

After John XXIII died in 1963, Cardinal Giovanni Montini was elected pope. Montini was a bit of a superstar within the church, having been a close adviser to Pope Pius XII and appointed archbishop ...

Among them, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, who became Pope Paul VI (1963-1978), chose the name ... name to emphasize the continuity with the pontificates of John XXIII and ...

A gold metallic embroidered stole of Pope John XXIII and the papal tiara of Pope ... Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) decided not to wear it anymore, as times had changed; Paul VI had ...

In 1994, when I first began my genealogy journey, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints whose family history center I used for my research asked me if I was open to hearing about ...

Over 130 Catholic Cardinals from across the world, on Thursday, elected Robert Prevost as the new Pope following the demise of Pope Francis. ContentsRobert Prevost: Why Pope Leo XIV? Who’s Pope Leo?