There have been 266 papal leaders of the Catholic Church since Jesus Christ’s death in the AD 30s through Pope Francis – ...

Benedict IX, a pope in the 11th century, holds the rare distinction of becoming a pope three times, selling the papacy, being ...

Two families of mixed Catholic and Orthodox Christian members are looking forward to celebrating Easter together on the same ...

The last time a pope was buried outside the Vatican was in 1924. Pope Leo XIII died in 1903 and was ... including the British royal family. Prince William will attend the funeral services for ...

The church officially recognizes St. Peter, the first pope, as the longest-serving, with at least 34 years. However, many historians dispute that as impossible to verify, and instead say the ...

The first was John I, the 53rd pontiff, in 523; the most recent was John XXIII, the 261st pope, elected in October 1958. In second place is Gregory ... beginning with Leo XIII, whose papacy ...

The fact that we are celebrating together, it's of course, a joy because it is something which is reminding us that we are ...