Amid the anticipation, one question is also resurfacing: Who exactly are the antipopes? An antipope is a person who makes a competing claim to the papacy, in opposition to the legitimately elected ...

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.

VATICAN CITY, — 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 ...

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.

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.

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.