Historically speaking, Malkovich’s Brannox, who takes the papal name Pope John Paul III, would be as much of a rarity as Lenny Belardo, since there hasn’t been a British pope since Nicholas Breakspear ...

The pope is much more than the head of the Catholic Church. He is the head of a city-state called Vatican City that actually issues passports and has a population count (about 800). That makes him a ...

In the hours after Pope Leo XIV’s election on May 8, speculation swirled: Would the first American pontiff be a sequel to Francis — or more along the lines of St. John Paul II or Benedict XVI? If the ...