A century later, Pope Alexander III decreed that all ranks of cardinals ... Voting Under ‘Lock and Key’ In 1274, Pope Gregory X established the basics of the conclave system still used ...

The Vatican has released the first photo of Pope Francis since his hospitalization. The photo shows Francis at the chapel in Rome’s Gemelli hospital. The Vatican announced on Sunday, for the ...

Pope Francis has been pictured for the first time since he was hospitalised over a month ago. The Pontiff has been in hospital since February recovering from pneumonia and shared a message earlier ...

The Vatican has released the first photo of Pope Francis since his hospitalization. The photo shows Francis at the chapel in Rome’s Gemelli hospital. He is seen wearing a stole, a vestment worn ...

When a pope is named, they take on a new papal name that replaces their secular name. Francis was the first Francis. The most common papal name is John, followed by Benedict and Gregory.

Pope Francis issued a message Sunday thanking volunteers for the "miracle of tenderness" they offer the sick, as the Vatican celebrated the Holy Year Mass for volunteers around the world in his ...

But he's on track to equal or surpass Pope Gregory XII, perhaps best known for being the most recent pope to resign until Pope Benedict XVI did so in 2013. Gregory was 88 when he stepped ...

The honorary head of worldwide Orthodoxy made these comments in the presence of Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Emeritus Gregory III Laham ... for Christian Unity, Pope Francis highlighted ...

Prevost is one of 137 special bishops able to vote to elect a new pope. And Cardinal Wilton Gregory, 77, the socially progressive archbishop of Washington, D.C., until retiring in January ...