Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the history of a legendary papal namesake.

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the new pontiff and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV. There are no written ...

As you have no doubt heard, after the death of Pope Francis on April 21, the conclave of cardinals got to work and elected a ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

The first Pope Leo, who served in the fifth century, is known as “Leo the Great,” and is remembered for persuading Attila the Hun to halt his ... watched over by St. Peter and St. Paul ...

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV ... Most historically memorable for the world was Leo the Great's role as the diplomat who met with Attila the Hun near Rome in 452. Attila was preparing to enter ...

he said. "That would signify something about the direction that the pope wants to take." Leo has been chosen 13 times before. "The name Leo harkens back to Pope Leo the Great," the first pope with ...

Commentators have already noted that the last Pope Leo (XIII) was known for his devotion to social justice and the Virgin Mary. However, there is a longer history of popes called Leo — there have been ...

Because we live in a political age, a great deal of interest ... In 476 AD, Pope Leo I faced the frightful and barbaric Attila the Hun and somehow persuaded him to turn away from Rome.