This animated history video looks at several of the most controversial popes ever to hold power. It covers scandals involving violence, corruption, abuse of office, and the sale of church authority.

President Donald Trump refused to apologize to Pope Leo XIV on Monday after criticizing the pontiff for his opposition to the war in Iran — and he sought to explain away a now-deleted social media ...

Unlike the peaceful death of Benedict XVI, many of his predecessors have met violent or mysterious deaths – Copyright AFP/File DENIS LOVROVIC The peaceful death of ...

On June 2, 1979, Pope John Paul II set out from Rome on an apostolic journey, as papal trips away from the Vatican are called. In the eight months since his election, the former Karol Wojtyła had ...

Pope Leo XIV, soon after his election May 8, 2025, and Pope Leo XIII, who was pope from 1878 until his death in 1903, depicted in this official Vatican portrait. Credit: OSV News photo/CNS/Vatican ...

Alberto Pizzoli / AFP via Getty Images The ongoing war of words between President Trump and Pope Leo XIV is unparalleled in modern history. It’s not new for popes to speak out on political issues, ...

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