Jesus, not Virgin Mary, saved the world, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) — Jesus may have heard words of wisdom from his mother Mary, but she did not help him save the world from damnation, the Vatican said on Tuesday. In a new decree…
Pope Leo XIV’s Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the archives and discovered the pope had deep roots in the Big Easy. All four…
Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global turmoil and conflict.…
Robert Prevost, the first American pope, is from Chicago and jokes are already flowing: ‘All communion wafers will be deep-dish’
Here comes ‘Da Pope.’ Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was named today as the first ever American pope – and folks in the Windy City are having a blast over it. “From now on, all communion wafers shall…
Holy white smoke, the Catholic Church has a new pope!
VATICAN CITY (PBS) — White smoke streamed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling to the world that the 133 Roman Catholic cardinals inside have elected a new pope. A roar erupted from the…
Here’s what cardinals eat during the conclave — and why ravioli and roast chicken were banned
VATICAN CITY (NYP) — The Catholic cardinals meeting for the conclave are locked in the Sistine Chapel — one of the most grand buildings in the western world. But their meals are decidedly less elegant.…
Conclave politics begin with the question: Continue Pope Francis’ radical legacy or change course?
VATICAN CITY (AP) — One of Pope Francis’ enduring legacies was that he greatly expanded the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, naming “princes of the church” from faraway countries that had never had…
Mighty and meek say farewell to Pope Francis during Vatican funeral and last popemobile ride
VATICAN CITY (AP) — World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the peripheries and reflected his wish to be remembered as a…
Pope Francis, beloved for his compassion and willingness to shake up scandal-ridden church, dies at 88
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was…
Pope Francis’ last act was to give JD Vance a lesson about migrants
VATICAN CITY (Daily Beast) — Pope Francis, who died at 88 today, used his last days on the planet to order up a stern dressing down to JD Vance on the White House’s attitude to migrants. It…