The Rev. Patrick Flanagan, associate professor of theology and religious studies at St. John’s University in New York, says Gregory X ... died to give Pope Clement VII time enough to escape ...

The smoke meant that the 133 cardinals in the conclave had not given one candidate at least 89 votes, the two-thirds necessary for the election of a pope. In 1996, St ... Gregory III in 731 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Diocese of St. Petersburg held a special mass at St. Petersburg Catholic High School’s Chapel on Thursday afternoon to celebrate the selection of Pope Leo XIV.

Prevost, 69, who chose the name Pope Leo XIV, was formerly the prior general, or leader, of the Order of St. Augustine ... The previous one was Gregory XVI, a Camaldolese monk (1831-1846).

SEATTLE — On the first Sunday following the election of Pope Leo XIV, many gathered at St. James Cathedral to honor the new pontiff, marking a historic moment as he became the first American ...

Roncalli was proclaimed a saint by Pope Francis in 2014. Other frequently used names include Gregory, in honor of Pope Gregory I, commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great (590-604). The last to ...

Americans in St. Peter's Square were stunned and joyous when they learned that an American cardinal, Robert Provost, was elected pope Thursday and had taken the name Leo XIV."Who in our lifetime ...

the first pope from the Order of Saint Augustine, and — what is perhaps the bigger story in the grand scheme — the first pope with an active social-media account before his elevation to the ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first US pope, addressed the faithful on St Peter's Square, emphasising peace, dialogue and unity, recalling his roots as an Augustinian priest. Robert Prevost, the first US pope ...

Leo XIII is known as the social justice pope because of encyclical, Rerum Novarum. This “Magna Carta of Social Justice” was ...