Cardinal Robert F. Prevost's selection of the name Pope Leo XIV was an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, the father of Catholic ...

Pope Francis had called for the consistory in late February, when he was in the hospital, but the date was never set.

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After Pope Leo XIV was announced as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, his past and present were mangled and fabricated ...

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There, she prayed on her knees before a painting of the Virgin Mary, beseeching God for the grace to enter the Carmelite ...

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Discover the significance of Pope Leo XIV's name, a powerful statement of tradition and openness to modernity, reflecting his ...

Even before he stepped out on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and spoke May 8, Pope Leo XIV’s choice of a name was a ...

Forty years later, in February 1878, he was elected pope -- and took the name Leo XIII. In May 1891, he issued Rerum Novarum, ...