papacy

Leo has made the hot-button issue a cornerstone of his papacy in dedicating to it his first encyclical -- a document which lays the basis for Church teaching and longer-term debate.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

His reign overlapped with the papacy of Hadrian I, which lasted from 772 to 795.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Guest: Christopher Hale, author of the “Letters from Leo” Substack, “a chronicle of how Pope Leo XIV’s papacy intersects with American politics, faith, and the digital age during the presidency of Donald Trump.”

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026

The 11-day trip, which starts on Monday, is Pope Leo's second major foreign visit since being elected to the papacy in May last year, and is a reflection of Africa's increasing importance to Catholicism.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

We learned how to be the eyes, ears, and nose of the papacy.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

He became an authority on the papacies of five popes - One of his most notable assignments was the assassination attempt on John Paul II in 1981.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

History will likely view the papacies of Francis and Leo as a transitional era for a Catholic Church slowly adjusting to a world in which the church’s future lies increasingly in the Global South.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

There’s no satisfactory answer to that, although it’s fair to say that the papacies of Francis and Leo represent the first serious efforts to reckon with those more recent crimes.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026

For years, dating back three papacies, the Vatican has sought to unify the two communities.

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2018

He was secretary to the Vatican library during the papacies of Paul the second and Sixtus the fourth.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Johnson, Samuel