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

An advertisement in the late 19th century showed Pope Leo XIII on his throne, wearing the triple tiara on his head and ...

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 ...

Vatican Diary. The health chronicles of popes are an old practice, revealing—at least in certain eras—the frail constitution ...

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

When a pope dies, the cardinal camerlengo – the chief Vatican administrator – verifies the death and takes possession of the ...

When it comes to popes, the current split between men and women is 266 to zero. But, as Jonny Wilkes explores, that hasn’t ...

Pope Francis has named three U.S. experts -- two women and an abbot -- to be members of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and ...

The world today is very different from the world when Rerum Novarum was written by Pope Leo XIII on May 15, 1891. As of today, the population of the world stands at 7.9 billion people with only 1. ...

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.