Pope St. Paul VI succeeded Pope St. John XXIII in June 1963, reigning until Aug. 6, 1978. He was succeeded by Pope John Paul I. He was canonized in 2018. Why does his optional memorial fall on May 29?

Following John Paul I's death after just a month as pope, the second 1978 conclave chose another charismatic figure who wasted no time becoming a disrupter — a pope who would turn back the clock ...

He served as Pope Paul VI until his death in 1978. In 1977, a flash fire killed 21 prisoners in the police lock-up in Saint John, N.B. In 1982, a Washington jury found John Hinckley Jr. not guilty by ...

What Happens when the Pope Dies . Pope Francis saw one last Easter Sunday before he died: blessed his people and went out into St Peter’s Square, when he must have known he was close to death.

Michael Kelly, author of a new book on Pope Leo, sets out the challenges ahead and shares his hope that Northern Ireland will be on the American Pontiff’s itinerary ...

Catherine of Aragon speaks against her marriage’s annulment to Henry VIII at ...

The Vatican Museums have inaugurated the exhibition “Paul VI and Jacques Maritain: The Renewal of Sacred Art Between France ...

Marriage is “not an ideal but the measure of true love between a man and a woman: a love that is total, faithful, and fruitful,” Pope Leo XIV said Sunday.

He was held in forced domicile at a monastery, and in 1969 he was named cardinal in pectore, or to be kept a secret, by Pope Paul VI. He died in forced domicile in 1970.

Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse. Leo made his first public ...

Pope Francis holds the hand of a toddler as he salutes faithful at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ...

Robert Prevost was ordained a priest by Belgian Archbishop Jean Jadot in St. Monica Chapel, located just outside the Vatican.