He had a great devotion to St. John the Evangelist, whose Gospel stressed the love of God, and he called himself Pope John XIII. He went on to convene the Second Vatican Council, an historic event ...

As Pope Leo XIV arrives in Castel Gandolfo for his summer break, it is unlikely to be a real vacation for the new pontiff.

Pope Leo XIV says he chose the name in honor of Leo XIII, ... But when Pope John II was elected in 533 A.D., he changed the precedent, opting for John over his given name, ...

Pope Leo XIII, who was head of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903, ... John XIII and his supporters removed Leo VIII from his position. Leo fled back to Otto in Germany.

In 1981, on the 90th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, Pope John Paul II revisited the themes laid out by his predecessors in a new encyclical letter, Laborem Exercens (“On Human Work”). He wrote ...

The previous Leos were reformers, including Pope Leo XIII, ... But when Pope John II was elected in 533 A.D., he changed the precedent, opting for John over his given name, ...

Pope Leo XIII, who was head of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903, ... John XIII and his supporters removed Leo VIII from his position. Leo fled back to Otto in Germany.

Pope Leo XIII, who was head of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903, ... John XIII and his supporters removed Leo VIII from his position. Leo fled back to Otto in Germany.

Pope Leo XIII, who was head of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903, ... John XIII and his supporters removed Leo VIII from his position. Leo fled back to Otto in Germany.

Pope Leo XIII, who was head of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903, ... John XIII and his supporters removed Leo VIII from his position. Leo fled back to Otto in Germany.

VATICAN CITY, — Robert Prevost, the new pope selected after Pope Francis' death, has chosen the name Leo, used by 13 popes before him dating back to the 5th century. To understand his choice, it ...