Pope Benedict XVI in 2005 had a twist. He wore a black cassock underneath the white cassock and white rochet and red mozzetta ...

The Vatican conclave will continue on Thursday with as many as four more rounds of voting. A two-thirds majority of the 133 cardinals is required to select a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion ...

A.Y. Jackson Secondary School transported the audience to the Underworld with their production of Bound By Pomegranate: A ...

House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Friday welcomed the election of Pope Leo XIV, calling it a reaffirmation of the Catholic ...

The religious family to which the new pontiff belonged, and which he led as Prior General for 12 years, has a long history of missionary presence on the Asian continent, beginning with the Basilica of ...

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, faces a symbolic choice in the Vatican that could define his leadership.

This is based on the traditional symbol of the Augustinian Order. The fleur-de-lis has particular significance in Catholic iconography as a symbol of purity and the Virgin Mary. The three-petaled ...

(AP) The new pope’s choice of name — Leo XIV — has led to speculation that he intends to emphasize Catholic teaching ... clear and simple: We have a duty to help the poor, the sick, the ...

Conclave is a fictional film on the closed-door process of appointing a new Pope – did they get it right? We investigate.

"We're not starving out here," Bluff said. "But most importantly, it's just a simple symbol of who we are. We lost a lot of stuff, a lot of cultural stuff in the past because originally ...