US clergy victims make demands of new pope
Most Roman Catholics are rejoicing at the election of Pope Francis, but alleged victims of clergy abuse in the U.S. are demanding swift and bold ...
Pope Francis reaches out to Jews
Like his predecessor, Pope Francis reached out to Rome's Jewish community at the very start of his pontificate, pledging to continue to strengthen the ...
Argentines celebrate Francis as their 'slum pope'
For more than a billion Roman Catholics worldwide, he's Pope Francis. For Argentina's poorest citizens, crowded in "misery villages" throughout the ...
New style of papacy: Pope Francis pays hotel bill
On his first day as shepherd of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, Pope Francis picked up his luggage at a Vatican hotel, personally thanked each ...
New pope's views bind simplicity with 'complexity'
At gatherings of Latin American bishops, then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was often a star speaker about economic inequities in a profit-driven world.
The Jesuits, veterans of tense times with Vatican
While the Vatican has picked the highly disciplined Jesuits as advance men for planning papal pilgrimages and to run its worldwide broadcasting ...
Pope Francis: Simple image, complex past
On the streets in Buenos Aires, the stories about the cardinal who would become the first pope from the Americas often include a very ordinary ...
Argentine Jorge Bergoglio elected Pope Francis
From "the end of the earth," the Catholic Church found a surprising new leader Wednesday, a pioneer pope from Argentina who took the name Francis, a ...
Mamma mia! Ecstatic scenes on St. Peter's Square
In one electrifying moment, the rain-soaked crowd on St. Peter's Square lit up with a frenzy of passion. Before, the pilgrims were orderly and polite, ...
Pope captivates crowds with 1st words about peace
Before they even saw his face, Pope Francis had already won over the Roman masses. The announcement that he would be known by the same name as St.
POPE LIVE: Around the world as a new pope emerges
"Pope Live" follows the choice of the new pope as seen by journalists from The Associated Press around the world. It will be updated throughout the ...
First steps on becoming a pope
The pomp surrounding his selection was just the beginning of an exceptionally busy few days for Pope Francis. A look at the first night — and what ...
New pope is 1st Francis, saint of peace, poverty
In choosing a name no other pope had ever taken, Pope Francis could be signaling that he sees the need for change in the Roman Catholic church.
A slowly unfolding mystery for media
The election of a new pope presented news organizations Wednesday with a slowly unfolding mystery governed by centuries of tradition. Television news ...
Catholics, world leaders welcome church's new pope
World leaders sent in their congratulations and Catholics around the world were celebrating Wednesday after the Vatican announced the election of ...
Villanova's Vatican interns get view of history
Talk about a baptism by fire: On the first day of Lauren Colegrove's journalism internship at Catholic News Service in Rome, the pope announced his ...
Popes of the 20th and 21st centuries
Pope Francis — March 13, 2013- Benedict XVI — April 19, 2005-Feb. 28, 2013. John Paul II — Oct. 16, 1978-April 2, 2005. John Paul I — Aug. 26-Sept.
Arcane process encourages papal horse trading
While the voting for the pope is billed as secret, with each cardinal guided only by his faith in God, the process is ultimately a closed-door ...
Black smoke from chapel chimney: No pope yet
This time there was no doubt. There was no new pope yet, and the mystery of who — and when — was as thick as the unmistakable heavy black smoke ...
US-based 'Pope TV' to zero in on papal selection
A global broadcasting operation based in Alabama is offering a different kind of news coverage of the election of a new pope. Nestled among the ...
O'Malley, the 'cappuccino priest,' a hit in Rome
The archbishop of Boston, dressed more often in the humble brown robe of his religious order than a cardinal's regalia, has emerged as an unlikely ...
Papal names are rich with meaning
What's in a name? A lot if you are the next pope. Every time a new pontiff is chosen in a conclave, a senior cardinal goes up to him and asks: "And ...
Bookmakers say good money's on an Italian pope
Bookmakers in betting-mad Britain are cashing in on the Roman Catholic conclave to select a new pope. As cardinals began their deliberations at the ...
The choreographed election of a pope in a nutshell
The election of a pope follows a series of choreographed rules and rituals that have been tweaked over the centuries ever since the term "conclave" ...
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