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 ...
Francis without Roman numeral
The Vatican says the new pope's official name is Pope Francis, without a Roman numeral. Spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi sought to clear up any ...
Egyptian Christian who died in Libya prison buried
An Egyptian Christian who died in prison in Libya after he was detained on suspicion of proselytizing there was buried Wednesday in a subdued ceremony ...
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 ...
Sea gull perches on Sistine Chapel smoke stack
With no pope, a sea gull is stealing the show at the papal conclave. Smoke watching has become bird watching in St. Peter's Square after a sea gull ...
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 ...
Rodman backs black papal candidate in PR stunt
After raising eyebrows by going to North Korea, former U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman is continuing his bizarre global tour by visiting Rome — ...
Vatican: Victim group wrong to criticize cardinals
A church sex abuse victims group is acting out of "negative prejudices" when demanding some cardinals withdraw from the papal election, the Vatican ...
Obama says American pope would be effective
President Barack Obama is rejecting the notion that an American pope would be too closely aligned with the U.S. government. Obama says the Catholic ...
Ingredients of papal conclave smoke signals
The Vatican is revealing what the smoke signals emerging from the Sistine Chapel chimney are made of, after the stir caused by how much more distinct ...
Papal conclave steep in Catholic mystery
The papal conclave is steeped in mystery — and the church likes it that way. Elaborate ritual and veils of secrecy, after all, are fundamental to the ...
LA archdiocese settles 4 sex abuse cases for $10M
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will pay nearly $10 million to settle four cases alleging abuse by a now-defrocked priest who told ...
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 ...
Judge: Indiana teacher can sue diocese in IVF case
A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by an Indiana woman who says a Catholic diocese fired her from her teaching job because she ...
Some SAfrican Catholics want reforms from new pope
Some South African Catholics say they hope a new pope will reform their church to allow them to help prevent the spread of AIDS, deal with pregnancies ...
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" ...
Schedule of voting during the papal conclave
The conclave to elect a new pope begins Tuesday at the Vatican. The voting process follows a set ritual every day until the Catholic Church has a new ...
The oath sworn by cardinals before papal vote
Before cardinals start voting for a new pope, they will swear an oath of secrecy in the Sistine Chapel. It will be administered by Cardinal Giovanni ...
Conclave to elect next pope opens amid uncertainty
Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to elect the next pope amid more upheaval and uncertainty than the Catholic Church has seen in decades: ...
Sarah Palin writing book about Christmas
Sarah Palin has a new book coming, this time about Christmas. The former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor has a deal with ...
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