Cardinal Francis Leo has been appointed a member of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Legislative Texts. Pope Francis named Toronto ...

Annone, a majestic 4-year-old albino elephant from India, five centuries ago was the pet of Pope Leo X. The white pachyderm ...

The pontiff’s memoir, Hope, offers a fascinating snapshot of his humble origins in Argentina. Just ignore the strange ...

The picture of the Holy Father with the elephants inevitably evokes the memory of Annone, a majestic 4-year-old albino elephant from India, who five centuries ago was the pet of Pope Leo X and ...

Pope Francis is older than almost any pope before him. According to Vatican records, only Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 at the age of 93, lived longer.

The last pope to be buried outside the Vatican was Pope Leo XIII, who was entombed at Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran in 1903, according to Fox News. Pope Francis has expressed his desire to ...

But he met a sticky end - stabbed to death by his own cousin after an argument over a woman. Pope Leo X had more exotic tastes. Famed for his extravagant lifestyle, he was entertained by young ...

The year may yet usher into the world earth-shaking news of Pope Francis, the 266th Supreme Pontiff resigning the seat of Peter, following the footsteps of his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI, due to ...

(Martin Luther) When an obscure monk named Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses - 95 stinging rebukes - attacking the mighty Catholic Church, and its head, Pope Leo X to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral ...