The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

His successor, Pope John Paul I, the Brief Pope who barely held the position for 33 days until his death, dispensed in 1978 with being crowned with the triregnum tiara that had crowned all of ...

Leo XIV, the first ever American pope, condemned the exploitation of the poor and called for unity in the church during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square, an event attended by world ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Davenport’s Thomas Hennen as bishop‑elect of Oregon’s Diocese of Baker, the Diocese of Davenport ...

Pope Leo XIV presided over his inaugural Mass on Sunday. Years ago, it would have included a solemn moment when the pontiff was crowned with an elaborate gold and jewel-encrusted papal tiara.

One of the most extravagant examples belonged to Pope Paul II in the 1460s; he wore a tiara encrusted with gems worth over 200,000 florins — more than US$22 million in today’s dollars.

Now that a new pope has been named and made his first appearance, the question turns to what comes next.

But many of them also used symbols of monarchy, such as the triple papal tiara or crown. Pope Paul VI, whose papacy was from 1963-1978, was the last to wear the tiara and to have a coronation ...

While the tiara is still used as a symbol of the papacy on the coat of arms of the Holy See and of the Vatican City State, it hasn't featured on a pope's personal coat of arms since Pope Benedict ...