An antipope is a person who makes a competing claim to the papacy, in opposition to the legitimately elected pope.

Newly elected as pope, Robert Prevost has chosen Leo XIV as his papal name. No pope has been named Leo since the early 1900s.

“He was an antipope who took over the Church,” a Justice official from Emilia-Romagna allegedly wrote on his Telegram channel after the death of Pope Francis. Today, he has been removed from ...

Similarly, even though there was Pope Benedict XVI in the 2000s, there have only been 15 legitimate popes named Benedict, as the tenth was declared an antipope. Among the odd Benedict facts, Pope ...

An antipope is a person who makes a competing claim to the papacy, in opposition to the legitimately elected pope. The Papal Conclave 2025 will start on Wednesday, May 7, with a A total of 133 ...

Newly elected as pope, Robert Prevost has chosen Leo XIV as his papal name. No pope has been named Leo since the early 1900s. The most recent, Pope Leo XIII, served as supreme pontiff from 1878 to ...