As the first pope to come from North America and a well-respected moderate, Pope Leo XIV has the chance to unite the church.

Becoming pope was a big deal for a cardinal and his family. Leading candidates known as papabili (pope-ables) began ...

Conclave: How the election of a new Pope has changed over the centuries - ANALYSIS: The ceremony has traditionally been a ...

For hundreds of years, many people, both devout Catholics and conspiracy theorists alike, believed that Pope John VIII, who served ... the Vatican was occupied by Henry IV, the Holy Roman Emperor ...

Now that Henry VIII is head of the Church of England, and he’s taking down the monasteries and cutting off funds to the papacy, he’s clearly not part of the Catholic Church headed by the Pope.

There are many medieval ruins scattered throughout England and the landscape is full of crumbling abbeys that were left to deteriorate after Henry VIII’s ... be the first Pope buried outside ...

From Tudor queens to pop icons, 'Six: The Musical' takes viewers into the lives of the six wives of Henry the VIII. Judge appears ... Who becomes pope (and how the film resonates as a real-life ...

What happens during the interregnum period? Tom Reese, S.J., explains the time between one pope's death and the succession of ...

ANALYSIS: The late Pontiff famously encouraged Catholics to ‘make a mess’ to bring fresh energy and ideas to the Church. The ...

IT’S the tale of Henry VIII and his six wives, without so much as a sighting of the power-hungry, woman-hungry, and well, just hungry monarch. And it is a tale that is all the better for his ...