The Empire State Building will light up in gold and white colors on Thursday to honor the election of the first American pope ...

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Catholic cardinals from across the globe will gather for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor. John Yang takes a deeper look at the high-stakes undertaking to select the next pontiff.

Robert Prevost's new papal name will be analyzed for its connections to history, religious meaning, and for clues on the ...

Let’s hear this fact. More than 90% of ideas never make it past the brainstorming stage. And even among those that do, most ...

“It had become kind of a custom, a tradition to change the name,” said Mark Yenson, interim vice-president and academic dean at King’s University College in London, Ont., and religious ...

When a new pope is elected, one of his first decisions is to choose a regnal name — a symbolic gesture that reveals spiritual ...

"Habemus Papam": Meaning "We have a pope" in Latin, this is the phrase with which the Church tells the world it has a new ...

The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have voted but haven’t reached a two-thirds consensus required to elect a successor to Pope Francis ...

Kinder Buenos have been around for more than three decades - but many fans of the sweet treat have had no idea what the name of the bars meant. The two-fingered snack, which was created by Ferrero ...

It begins with "Extra omnes" and ends with "Habemus Papam". The procedures that make up the Conclave form a liturgy between ...

In Edward Berger’s adaptation of a Robert Harris novel, from a script by Oscar-winning screenwriter Peter Straughan, the ...