Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the new pontiff and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV. There are no written rules or ...

When Cardinal Robert Prevost appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, he was introduced by the name Leo XIV. The choice may signal what the Catholic Church will look like under his papacy. By ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Pope Leo XIV was elected on Thursday, May 8 after two days of voting. On Thursday, May 8, the new pope ...

Just like with the British Monarchy, when a new Pope is chosen, they are offered the chance to change their name. Beginning his life as Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born Pope earned his bachelor’s in ...

SCHIAVON, Italy — Pope Leo XIV‘s choice of name signals a commitment to social justice which is very much in line with the late Pope Francis ‘ global ministry. “I think a lot us had a question mark ...

VATICAN CITY, — Robert Prevost, the new pope selected after Pope Francis' death, has chosen the name Leo, used by 13 popes before him dating back to the 5th century. To understand his choice, it's ...

I was one of the army of commentators who confidently asserted that no American would be elected pope. Relying on the common wisdom, I told numerous journalists and broadcasters that until the United ...

Although the choice of the name "Leo" may have taken the world by surprise as the American-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost chose his papal name on May 8, church historians familiar with the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the new pontiff and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV. There are no written rules or official criteria for a pope's name, but they choose names that have ...

Pope Leo XIV's papal name has a storied history — and stretches all the way back to the year 440 Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has contributed to PEOPLE for over 20 years.