Archbishop of Toronto Francis Leo was among those receiving the crimson cap — or zucchetto — from the Pope and formally joining the male-only College of Cardinals. The soft-spoken Leo ...

When Pope Leo died in 1829, Cappellari was seriously considered for the papacy; when Leo’s successor, Pius VIII, died two years later, Cappellari was elected to replace him. He took the name ...

Their child, Giulio de'Medici, was later crowned Pope Clement VII. Clement took a black slave ... cousin after an argument over a woman. Pope Leo X had more exotic tastes. Famed for his ...