In a sign of the influence Francis has on the make-up of the body who chooses his successor, bookmakers forecast a high probability the next pope will assume his papal name, as Francis II.

1, p. 242. In the late fourth century, in the absence of formal church councils, bishops from all over the Western Empire wrote to the Pope asking for advice on issues including celibacy, marriage law ...

The Borgia coat of arms conveys the power associated with Lucrezia ... Her life serves as a vivid insight into the torrid world of papal politics at the height of the Italian Renaissance and ...

But Bellini calls him out. Every cardinal harbors the ambition to be pope, he says, and has even secretly chosen the papal name by which he would like to be known. Speaking of names: Lawrence’s ...

Director Edward Berger’s wowing adaptation (★★★★ out of four; rated PG; in theaters Friday) of the 2016 Robert Harris novel is more electric than you’d ever expect a papal potboiler to be.

This interpretative volume seeks to explain the first decretal age of late antiquity, placing the increased demand for papal jurisprudence – long before it exerted its influence through religious fear ...

according to a papal charity that supports persecuted Christians. An Oct. 22 report from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) details the extent of violence and oppression faced by Christian ...

Thank you for calling out the utter failure of China’s population control policies (“China’s One-Child Economic Disaster,” Review & Outlook, Oct. 19). There is more to this story, however ...

We're discussing the voting process depicted in the new papal thriller "Conclave" (in theaters now). Light spoilers ahead! Twice in past years, I hopped a flight to Rome in order to cover one of ...