Modern Efficiency Battles Traditional Aesthetics in Rome...
As I write these words, sitting at my desk in Rome, we are heading into the second day of the conclave. By the time this is posted, we might have a new pope. Therefore, instead of focusing on the usual topics related to the conclave, I am writing about something a little less weighty and somewhat significant, regardless of who is elected. If you have ever been to Saint Peter’s Basilica...
4th Sunday of Easter: Why Jewish Leaders Wanted to Kill Jesus for What He Said About the Good Shepherd...
This Sunday is Good Shepherd Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Easter Year C, and it is tempting to make it all about the Pope, the lead shepherd selected by cardinal shepherds in Rome. But in this very short Gospel, Jesus does not point to Peter or Pope Francis or Pope Leo XIV. He makes a very different point. He looks at each of us individually and says: You belong with nobody else but me...
Jesus did not simply choose 12 individual men to be apostles. He formed a band of brothers...
Why did Jesus choose only men as his apostles? Three replies are typically given. The first two are absurd, and the third is insufficient. As the Cardinals vote for the next successor to St. Peter, it’s a good time to look more deeply into this question. First, it is said he was bowing to the culture around him. The Jews would not have looked kindly on a man traveling with women among his intimate entourage...
41 Catholic Memes Greet Pope Leo XIV...
I met Pope Leo XIV 15 years ago — here’s what I know about him...
As the white smoke cleared and the world heard the name Leo, my heart swelled — not only with hope, but with a quiet confirmation. I had sensed, even forecasted, this moment. I know Pope Leo XIV personally. More than that, I know his heart, his charism, and his deep-rooted Augustinian spirituality. His election is not simply a choice — it’s a providential answer to the Church’s current need.
Take 5 minutes to listen to this short 2012 speech from the future Pope Leo XIV — it’s excellent...
Is Leo XIV an American Pope? No. He’s a Pope From America. Here’s the Difference...
Synod on Synodality delegate Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost said this week that “clericalizing women” would not solve problems in the Catholic Church. When asked about calls for women’s governance in the Catholic Church at a synod press conference on Oct. 25, the American cardinal underlined that “the apostolic tradition is something that has been spelled out very clearly, especially if you want to talk about the question of women’s ordination to the priesthood.”
Pope Leo XIV notes even some baptized Christians are living ‘in a state of practical atheism’...
My First Thoughts on Pope Leo XIV...
It has been conventional wisdom for a long time that there wouldn’t be any American popes for the foreseeable future. Partly the reason is that, in the past, there weren’t that many American cardinals. Then, after World War II, America became a global superpower, and following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the thought went that the cardinals wouldn’t want the United States to be the dominant geopolitcal power in the world at the same time as having the papacy in the hands of an American...
The American Pope: Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Takes the Name Leo XIV [The Pillar]...
AP News: What to know about Cardinal Robert Prevost...
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. - The College of Cardinals Report...
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a former prefect of the influential Dicastery for Bishops, is a Chicago-born prelate with views close to Pope Francis who spent many years as a missionary in Peru before being elected head of the Augustinians for two consecutive terms.Born on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, Prevost entered the novitiate of the Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) in 1977 and made his solemn vows in 1981.
Photos: Second-Grader ‘Elected Pope’ at Catholic School in Atlanta...
The Pain of Being Raised Different...
On Eve of Conclave, Nuclear-Armed India and Pakistan Teeter on Brink of Full-Scale War...
100 Pop Songs Every Catholic Should Hear — ‘The Last Stand’ by Sabaton...
The Next Pope Must Correct the Declining Course of Catholicism in Latin America...
Pope Francis’ Simple Tomb Marred by ‘Awful’ Letter Spacing, Say Designers...
White Smoke in the Kitchen — What to Cook if One of These 17 Cardinals Becomes Pope...
The History Behind ‘Habemus Papam’ and the White Smoke That Announces a New Pope...
Conclave Advice, Giovanni in Oleo, and Wine Knights...
On Eve of Conclave, With Buzz for Tagle and Prevost Fading, Could This Cardinal Be the One to Watch?
Luna, Bella, or Charlie: What Are the Most Popular Dog Names Where You Live?
Papabile of the Day: Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith...
Giant Wave in Pacific Ocean Confirmed as the Most Extreme ‘Rogue Wave’ Ever Recorded...
Upon This Rock Christ Built His Church...
After Francis, What Now for the Catholic Church?
Could this be the longest conclave in modern history?
Third Sunday of Easter: St. Peter Gets 4 Do-Overs as ‘Easter Life’ Begins...
The Anatomy of a Cruciform Worldview...
Papabile of the Day: Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero...
Sistine Chapel Prepared to Host Cardinals for Conclave on May 7...
Artist Meticulously Recreates Italian Monuments With Thousands of LEGO Bricks...
Guess who’s coming to dinner? The future pope...
Naturally enough, journalists covering the Vatican tend to seek out figures in the system from their own countries or language groups. French speakers seek out the French, Spanish speakers the Spaniards and Latin Americans, the Italians gravitate to their paesani, and, by the same logic, Americans are drawn to fellow Americans. Thus it was that when Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was appointed the new head of the powerful Dicastery for Bishops...
First Address to the College of Cardinals (May 10, 2025)...
Dear Brother Cardinals, I greet all of you with gratitude for this meeting and for the days that preceded it. Days that were sad because of the loss of the Holy Father Pope Francis and demanding due to the responsibilities we confronted together, yet at the same time, in accordance with the promise Jesus himself made to us, days rich in grace and consolation in the Spirit. You, dear Cardinals, are the closest collaborators of the Pope. This has proved a great comfort to me in accepting a yoke clearly far beyond my own limited powers...
Just as Simon Became Peter, Robert Has Become Leo XIV...
For the third straight time, the cardinals chose a new pope on the conclave’s second day, and they delivered a significant first. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV, the first American and Peruvian national to occupy the See of Peter. There is no usual path to becoming an American pope, but there is one to becoming an American cardinal...
Full Text: Homily at Mass With the Cardinal Electors in the Sistine Chapel...
Illinois records show Pope Leo XIV voted in Republican primaries until 2016 election...
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost - Conclavoscope...
What Rights Does a Human Embryo Have?
When President Trump signed an executive order on February 18, 2025 calling for a 90-day policy review and recommendations to lower the cost of IVF, he launched a discussion about the morality of assisted reproductive technology. The Catholic Church has declared this procedure illicit ever since 1897 when scientists first considered extending artificial insemination from livestock to humans...
Where Is the Pope in the Bible?
In this video, taken from the full course, Scott Hahn unpacks the Old Testament background of papal primacy and authority, looking especially to the Davidic kingdom as the interpretive key that unlocks Jesus’ words to Simon Peter, “I shall give to you the keys of the kingdom.” Drawing from Matthew 16, the prophecy of Isaiah 22, and the Davidic kingdom covenant...
A Discussion of the Papal Front-Runners with EWTN...
Friends, as conclave preparations continue, I sat down in St. Peter’s Square with Colm Flynn, a reporter for EWTN News, to discuss the men who may become our next pope. Please pray for those gathered in Rome, especially the cardinal electors, who will soon elect St. Peter’s newest successor.
Pope Francis and the Jesuits...
The day after the 2013 conclave elected him the Vicar of Christ, Pope Francis called the Jesuit Curia in Rome and asked to speak with Father Adolfo Nicolás, then-superior general of the Society of Jesus. Reportedly, it took some time for the receptionist who answered the telephone to accept that the caller was actually Pope Francis, but once that hurdle was overcome, the two men spoke together and quickly agreed to meet in person.
What Really Happens at a Conclave?
Why Altar Rails Are Returning to Catholic Churches...
The Fig-Leaf Vocabulary of Heresy...
Papabile of the Day: Cardinal Fernando Filoni...
These Are the Most Beautiful Words in the English Language, According to Linguists...
Shepherd and the Lamb: A Reflection on the Fourth Sunday of Easter...
What Name Will the Next Pope Choose?
8 of Literature’s Most Powerful Inventions — and Why They Make You Feel Happier...
What outcome should we want from the papal election?
Pizzaballa Between East, West and the Future Of The Papacy...
Edward Pentin’s List of 10 Papal Contenders You Should Know...
How Much Can I Drink Before It Becomes a Mortal Sin?
Reminder to Editors: This Conclave Is Not About America...
St. Paul recognized St. Peter’s position of authority within the early Church...
Trump’s AI Image Depicting Himself as Pope Brings Condemnation From Some; Others Call It a Jest...
Sistine Chapel Chimney Rises Again, 5 Days Before the World Begins Watching for White Smoke...
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The Complete List of Popes
- St. Peter (32-67)
- St. Linus (67-76)
- St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)
- St. Clement I (88-97)
- St. Evaristus (97-105)
- St. Alexander I (105-115)
- St. Sixtus I (115-125)
- St. Telesphorus (125-136)
- St. Hyginus (136-140)
- St. Pius I (140-155)
- St. Anicetus (155-166)
- St. Soter (166-175)
- St. Eleutherius (175-189)
- St. Victor I (189-199)
- St. Zephyrinus (199-217)
- St. Callistus I (217-22)
- St. Urban I (222-30)
- St. Pontian (230-35)
- St. Anterus (235-36)
- St. Fabian (236-50)
- St. Cornelius (251-53)
- St. Lucius I (253-54)
- St. Stephen I (254-257)
- St. Sixtus II (257-258)
- St. Dionysius (260-268)
- St. Felix I (269-274)
- St. Eutychian (275-283)
- St. Caius (283-296)
- St. Marcellinus (296-304)
- St. Marcellus I (308-309)
- St. Eusebius (309 or 310)
- St. Miltiades (311-14)
- St. Sylvester I (314-35)
- St. Marcus (336)
- St. Julius I (337-52)
- Liberius (352-66)
- St. Damasus I (366-84)
- St. Siricius (384-99)
- St. Anastasius I (399-401)
- St. Innocent I (401-17)
- St. Zosimus (417-18)
- St. Boniface I (418-22)
- St. Celestine I (422-32)
- St. Sixtus III (432-40)
- St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
- St. Hilarius (461-68)
- St. Simplicius (468-83)
- St. Felix III (II) (483-92)
- St. Gelasius I (492-96)
- Anastasius II (496-98)
- St. Symmachus (498-514)
- St. Hormisdas (514-23)
- St. John I (523-26)
- St. Felix IV (III) (526-30)
- Boniface II (530-32)
- John II (533-35)
- St. Agapetus I (535-36)
- St. Silverius (536-37)
- Vigilius (537-55)
- Pelagius I (556-61)
- John III (561-74)
- Benedict I (575-79)
- Pelagius II (579-90)
- St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)
- Sabinian (604-606)
- Boniface III (607)
- St. Boniface IV (608-15)
- St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)
- Boniface V (619-25)
- Honorius I (625-38)
- Severinus (640)
- John IV (640-42)
- Theodore I (642-49)
- St. Martin I (649-55)
- St. Eugene I (655-57)
- St. Vitalian (657-72)
- Adeodatus (II) (672-76)
- Donus (676-78)
- St. Agatho (678-81)
- St. Leo II (682-83)
- St. Benedict II (684-85)
- John V (685-86)
- Conon (686-87)
- St. Sergius I (687-701)
- John VI (701-05)
- John VII (705-07)
- Sisinnius (708)
- Constantine (708-15)
- St. Gregory II (715-31)
- St. Gregory III (731-41)
- St. Zachary (741-52)
- Stephen II (III) (752-57)
- St. Paul I (757-67)
- Stephen III (IV) (767-72)
- Adrian I (772-95)
- St. Leo III (795-816)
- Stephen IV (V) (816-17)
- St. Paschal I (817-24)
- Eugene II (824-27)
- Valentine (827)
- Gregory IV (827-44)
- Sergius II (844-47)
- St. Leo IV (847-55)
- Benedict III (855-58)
- St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)
- Adrian II (867-72)
- John VIII (872-82)
- Marinus I (882-84)
- St. Adrian III (884-85)
- Stephen V (VI) (885-91)
- Formosus (891-96)
- Boniface VI (896)
- Stephen VI (VII) (896-97)
- Romanus (897)
- Theodore II (897)
- John IX (898-900)
- Benedict IV (900-03)
- Leo V (903)
- Sergius III (904-11)
- Anastasius III (911-13)
- Lando (913-14)
- John X (914-28)
- Leo VI (928)
- Stephen VIII (929-31)
- John XI (931-35)
- Leo VII (936-39)
- Stephen IX (939-42)
- Marinus II (942-46)
- Agapetus II (946-55)
- John XII (955-63)
- Leo VIII (963-64)
- Benedict V (964)
- John XIII (965-72)
- Benedict VI (973-74)
- Benedict VII (974-83)
- John XIV (983-84)
- John XV (985-96)
- Gregory V (996-99)
- Sylvester II (999-1003)
- John XVII (1003)
- John XVIII (1003-09)
- Sergius IV (1009-12)
- Benedict VIII (1012-24)
- John XIX (1024-32)
- Benedict IX (1032-45)
- Sylvester III (1045)
- Benedict IX (1045)
- Gregory VI (1045-46)
- Clement II (1046-47)
- Benedict IX (1047-48)
- Damasus II (1048)
- St. Leo IX (1049-54)
- Victor II (1055-57)
- Stephen X (1057-58)
- Nicholas II (1058-61)
- Alexander II (1061-73)
- St. Gregory VII (1073-85)
- Blessed Victor III (1086-87)
- Blessed Urban II (1088-99)
- Paschal II (1099-1118)
- Gelasius II (1118-19)
- Callistus II (1119-24)
- Honorius II (1124-30)
- Innocent II (1130-43)
- Celestine II (1143-44)
- Lucius II (1144-45)
- Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)
- Anastasius IV (1153-54)
- Adrian IV (1154-59)
- Alexander III (1159-81)
- Lucius III (1181-85)
- Urban III (1185-87)
- Gregory VIII (1187)
- Clement III (1187-91)
- Celestine III (1191-98)
- Innocent III (1198-1216)
- Honorius III (1216-27)
- Gregory IX (1227-41)
- Celestine IV (1241)
- Innocent IV (1243-54)
- Alexander IV (1254-61)
- Urban IV (1261-64)
- Clement IV (1265-68)
- Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)
- Blessed Innocent V (1276)
- Adrian V (1276)
- John XXI (1276-77)
- Nicholas III (1277-80)
- Martin IV (1281-85)
- Honorius IV (1285-87)
- Nicholas IV (1288-92)
- St. Celestine V (1294)
- Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
- Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)
- Clement V (1305-14)
- John XXII (1316-34)
- Benedict XII (1334-42)
- Clement VI (1342-52)
- Innocent VI (1352-62)
- Blessed Urban V (1362-70)
- Gregory XI (1370-78)
- Urban VI (1378-89)
- Boniface IX (1389-1404)
- Innocent VII (1404-06)
- Gregory XII (1406-15)
- Martin V (1417-31)
- Eugene IV (1431-47)
- Nicholas V (1447-55)
- Callistus III (1455-58)
- Pius II (1458-64)
- Paul II (1464-71)
- Sixtus IV (1471-84)
- Innocent VIII (1484-92)
- Alexander VI (1492-1503)
- Pius III (1503)
- Julius II (1503-13)
- Leo X (1513-21)
- Adrian VI (1522-23)
- Clement VII (1523-34)
- Paul III (1534-49)
- Julius III (1550-55)
- Marcellus II (1555)
- Paul IV (1555-59)
- Pius IV (1559-65)
- St. Pius V (1566-72)
- Gregory XIII (1572-85)
- Sixtus V (1585-90)
- Urban VII (1590)
- Gregory XIV (1590-91)
- Innocent IX (1591)
- Clement VIII (1592-1605)
- Leo XI (1605)
- Paul V (1605-21)
- Gregory XV (1621-23)
- Urban VIII (1623-44)
- Innocent X (1644-55)
- Alexander VII (1655-67)
- Clement IX (1667-69)
- Clement X (1670-76)
- Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)
- Alexander VIII (1689-91)
- Innocent XII (1691-1700)
- Clement XI (1700-21)
- Innocent XIII (1721-24)
- Benedict XIII (1724-30)
- Clement XII (1730-40)
- Benedict XIV (1740-58)
- Clement XIII (1758-69)
- Clement XIV (1769-74)
- Pius VI (1775-99)
- Pius VII (1800-23)
- Leo XII (1823-29)
- Pius VIII (1829-30)
- Gregory XVI (1831-46)
- Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)
- Leo XIII (1878-1903)
- St. Pius X (1903-14)
- Benedict XV (1914-22)
- Pius XI (1922-39)
- Pius XII (1939-58)
- St. John XXIII (1958-63)
- St. Paul VI (1963-78)
- John Paul I (1978)
- St. John Paul II (1978-2005)
- Benedict XVI (2005-2013)
- Francis (2013-2025)
- Leo XIV (2025—)
