Imagine if Joseph Smith belonged to the church in Corinth. Paul taught the Corinthian Christians how to discipline anyone in ...

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope" — from the balcony of St. Peter’s ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, elected in 2013, decided to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi, who was known for his humility, ...

The first hint of the new pope's direction has come with the name he picked.USA Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected the ...

For most of the Catholic Church’s first millennium, popes used their given names. That changed in the 6th century.

Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. At 69 years ...

The jailer was a Gentile functionary of the corrupt city authorities responsible for flogging and imprisoning Paul and Silas. He stood in the way of their freedom. Why should his life and his ...

One of my all-time favorite sections of Scripture is Psalm 121. I often read these verses to homebound people I visit, or to ...

The practice of adopting a new name became ingrained during the 11th century, a period of German popes who chose names of early church bishops.

The bells of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church rang out around 1:30 p.m. Thursday in celebration of Catholicism’s new leader — American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost — who chose the name Pope Leo XIV. “I ...