Vatican City, Mar 13, 2013 / 01:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires has become the next Pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Francis. Pope Francis greeted the crowds […]
The archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, is the first Jesuit to be named Supreme Pontiff. John Allen’s profile of Bergoglio can be read here. John Thavis’ profile can be read here.
Habemus papam! Watch the announcement of who our new Holy Father is live at EWTN or at the Vatican’s website.
Once again, black smoke was seen from the Sistine Chapel chimney today at 11:40 am in Rome, indicating that the conclave of cardinals did not elect a new pope in either of the two rounds […]
His Excellency, Bishop Robert F. Vasa, is the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, California. Prior to coming to Santa Rosa in January 2010, he was the bishop of the Diocese of Baker, […]
Nero. The smoke was black. We have to come back tomorrow. Inside the Sala Stampa and the Media Center at the Pope Paul VI Hall on the southern side of the Vatican, white smoke is […]
As you know, no pope today. I don’t think too many folks are surprised by that news. My own guess, based on little more than, well, guesswork, is that it will be three or four […]
From the Vatican Information Service: This evening at 7:42pm, black smoke rose from the chimney installed on the roof of the Sistine Chapel signalling that the Cardinal electors have not elected a new Pope in […]
During this morning’s Missa pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice—the “Mass for the Election of a Roman Pontiff”—at St. Peter’s Basilica, the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Angelo Sodano, delivered the homily below, exhorting his fellow […]
This month, I am in Rome reporting on the conclave, the election and installation of the new pope, and the new pope’s first Holy Week and Easter Sunday. Back home, the secular news media is […]
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