That is the main reason most popes in history have chosen the name John. After stating his new name, the new Pope is taken to ...

The pope’s unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of ...

The death of Pope Francis, hours after greeting pilgrims at St. Peter's Square on Easter Sunday, triggered memories of his ...

Pope Francis died on Monday April 21, 2025. This story was originally published in the Washington Examiner magazine on ...

I won't soon forget looking down a long row of seats and seeing a Greek Orthodox priest ... saffron Buddhist robes were a stark contrast to the traditional Catholic black outfit with the Roman ...

His relations with the Russian Orthodox Church soured in 2022 ... He chose not to wear the traditional crimson robes and opted for simple black shoes instead of the customary red papal slippers.

In 2016, Pope Francis and Orthodox Christian leaders visited a ... Kneeling in his white robes, the pope carefully washed and kissed the feet of 11 refugees at a center for migrants seeking ...