Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood ...

Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood ...

Nuzzo, 71, had not been inside St. Mary’s since the church ... in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Mathews, 71, remembered wearing the blue and white jumper uniform as an elementary ...

The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, look ceremonial but in the pageantry of the Renaissance-style uniform lies the ...

"Retirement did not suit John Dooling" his obituary said. He was too busy with youth coaching and volunteering.

Augustinians are part of the Mendicant Movement, which was characterized by a mixed or middle way among religious, in which a life of contemplation is combined with a life of apostolic ministry, and ...

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel after Cardinals fail to elect pope - The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have ...

His career in the church, and his rise through its institutions, has only one major drawback, and it is a familiar one.

Pope Benedict XVI in 2005 had a twist. He wore a black cassock underneath the white cassock and white rochet and red mozzetta ...

Leo, who became the church's 267th pope ... of Saint Augustine … and a uniform habit of black color bound by a leather belt was adopted. In 1256, the Order of St. William membership was folded ...