Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the new pontiff and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV. There are no written rules or official criteria for a pope's name, but they choose names that have ...

Prominent during Francis’s papacy, this mode primarily aims not ... Those more hopeful about modernity may see the former view as doctrinaire; those more anxious about it might treat the latter ...

No doubt, that pattern of confusion will be one hallmark of Francis’s papacy. A much better place ... may obscure his urgent message to modernity. Consider the late Pope’s 2015 “global ...

To best understand the modern papacy, let’s focus a moment on the 20 most recent popes who served between 1740 and 2025. The average length of service of these 20 popes was 14 years. Their ...

In a world driven by narratives, the election of Pope Leo XIV, formerly Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pontiff in history, underscores how even the most ancient of institutions must now ...

But in a sign he was making the papacy very much his own ... was pope from 1878 to 1903 and laid the foundation for modern Catholic social thought. He did so most famously with his 1891 encyclical ...

But in modern times, papal conclaves have skewed ... Once a candidate earns the requisite number of votes − and he accepts the papacy − chemicals that produce white smoke are added and the ...

Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but his attempts to make the Catholic Church more inclusive and less ...

Francis helped develop his career: he was named a bishop, then an archbishop, then a cardinal during Francis’ papacy ... who grasps the gravity of this modern issue. Call for Peace: In his ...

the papacy has been a European institution in every sense. Of the 266 men to hold the title, nearly a third have hailed from Rome. Roughly 200 were born within the modern borders of Italy ...