For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...

A Boston auxiliary bishop says celebrating the traditional Latin Mass was an overwhelming experience. “In offering the ...

Other popular pope names include Clement, Innocent, Leo, and Pius. Seven of 11 popes from 1775 to 1958 were named Pius, from Pius VI (1775–1799) to Pius XII (1939–1958). Who will be the next pope?

Only 2 conclaves have lasted up to five days since 1900s. Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, only two conclaves have lasted up to five days − Pope Pius XI's conclave in 1922 and Pope Pius X ...

Following Monday’s mass at St. Pius X Catholic Church, the congregation paused outside for reflection as the church bells rang 88 times, each chime representing a year that Pope Francis has lived.

There is no set time limit for the conclave; the longest conclave in modern times took place in 1903, when Pope Pius X was chosen after five days. In the 13 th century, the papacy was vacant for ...

Throughout the 20th century, only two conclaves lasted up to five days − Pope Pius X's election in 1903 and Pope Pius XI's election in 1922.

Until 1903, when Pope Pius X took charge of the Holy See, a pope's organs were routinely removed after death and kept as relics at Rome's Church of Saints Anastasio and Vincent near the Trevi ...

The shortest conclave on record was in 1503, when it took the cardinals only 10 hours to choose Pope Pius III as the new pontiff. ... Pope Gregory X was finally elected in September of 1271.

The Pius X – World War I Theory . On social media platforms like Reddit and X (formerly Twitter), a particularly viral claim draws a dotted line between the death of Pope Pius X and the start of ...

Pope Francis was the 266th pope in the Roman Catholic Church’s nearly 2000-year history. The first pope was St. Peter, ... when Pope Pius X was chosen after five days.