In a historic moment for the Roman Catholic Church, American-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. He becomes the first pontiff born in the United States and also holds citizenship in Peru, where he spent much of his religious life. Pope Leo XIV was chosen on the […]
A plume of black smoke emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening, signaling that the first vote in the highly anticipated papal conclave has not produced a new pope. The signal came as thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square, eyes fixed on the chapel’s rooftop flue, waiting in hushed […]
A new chapter in the Catholic Church’s history is underway as approximately 130 cardinals from across the globe convene in the Sistine Chapel to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who recently passed on. Gathered beneath Michelangelo’s iconic The Last Judgment fresco, the cardinals began casting their first ballots in what many observers are calling […]