For nearly two millennia, the papacy has shaped world history, standing at the intersection of faith, politics, and power.

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All kinds of reports are circulating about Pope Francis's health. They've taken on a life of their own in an age of chat ...

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, 76, is diametrically opposed to the pope's views on nearly all the ... to help along another conspiracy theory, the 'Great Reset'. He later caught a serious ...

The pontiff looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like his death.

Monarchs were accustomed to nominating bishops and even pastors, and the three great Catholic monarchs ... and he is doing so in a way Pope Leo could not even imagine. 'Hip-Hop Mass' brings ...

Pope Leo XIII was the oldest pope to serve the Catholic church. He served until his death in 1903 at the age of 93. Pope Francis became the pope of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13 ...

Francis still has a ways to go to outlive Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 at 93. But he’s on track to equal or surpass ... “I ...

Pope Francis is still in the hospital fighting ... former archbishop of Boston or Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, who was previously archbishop of St. Louis, Missouri. Maria Francis is a Pennsylvania ...

Streets of Rome fill with gossip after latest Pope news - Rumours have taken on a life of their own, fuelled by conspiracy theories and memes ...

Francis still has a ways to go to outlive Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 at 93 ... A very good pope. A great pope! We hope he’ll be with us for a long time to come.” But elsewhere, Francis ...

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Francis still has a ways to go to outlive Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 ... A very good pope. A great pope! We hope he’ll be with us for a long time to come.” ...