Catherine Pepinster

London

Journalist and religion commentator. Author: Defenders of the Faith out now from @HodderFaith In the UK https://t.co/JuWNYNMM7a In the US https://t.co/cR8JUQiF04

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The symbolic meaning behind Leo XIV’s name choice - Taipei Times

4 days ago | taipeitimes.com | Catherine Pepinster

By Catherine Pepinster / The Guardian What is in a name? When it comes to a pope — everything. The white smoke from the Sistine Chapel told the world that a new pope to succeed Francis had been elected — and for the first time, the pontiff is from the US. However, if US President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, a Catholic convert, are ready to cheer, then they should think again.
Pope Leo wants to bridge a deeply divided church

1 week ago | thetimes.com | Catherine Pepinster
Is Leo XIV the liberal Pope who’s going to take on Trump?

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Catherine Pepinster

CommentDonald Trump joked about himself as pope – but the real American papa may prove to be no laughing matter for the US president and his team, writes Catherine PepinsterRemember that AI image Donald Trump posted on Truth Social just a few days ago, of an American pope? Well, take a deep breath, folks, because we have one.
Ai ka zgjedhur të quhet Leo dhe kjo nuk është rastësi

1 week ago | telegrafi.com | Catherine Pepinster

Burimi: The GuardianPërkthimi: Telegrafi.comÇfarë ka në një emër? Kur bëhet fjalë për një papë – gjithçka. Tymi i bardhë nga Kapela Sistine i tregoi botës se është zgjedhur një papë i ri për të pasuar Françeskun – dhe, për herë të parë, pontifiku është nga Shtetet e Bashkuara. Por, nëse Donald Trumpi dhe zëvendëspresidenti i tij i kthyer në katolik, JD Vance, janë gati të festojnë, duhet të mendojnë dy herë për këtë.
What will the new Pope be like? He’s chosen to be called Leo: that’s no accident | Catherine Pepinster

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Catherine Pepinster

What’s in a name? When it comes to a pope – everything. The white smoke from the Sistine Chapel earlier this evening told the world that a new pope to succeed Francis had been elected – and for the first time the pontiff is an American. But if Donald Trump and his Catholic convert Veep, JD Vance, are ready to cheer, then they should think again. Cardinal Robert Prevost has chosen the name Leo XIV – and if you’re a papal Leo, you tend to be a reformer at the progressive end of Catholicism.
Know what the conclave needs? A woman’s touch…

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Catherine Pepinster

CommentWhen the secret process to select Pope Francis' successor begins this week, only cardinals under 80 will get to cast votes for candidates who are male – but women still find ways to have influence, says Catherine PepinsterIt will be an occasion of the utmost solemnity – the moment when the cardinals of the Catholic Church walk into the Sistine Chapel and won’t be seen again by the world until they have elected one among them as the next pope.
Explainer: The papal conclave

1 week ago | religionmediacentre.org.uk | Catherine Pepinster

The process to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died on 21 April, is now under way with the conclave — the balloting — beginning on Wednesday 7 May. Catherine Pepinster explains what the conclave involves, who takes part, and what kind of pope is likely to be electedWhat is a conclave? A conclave is a secret election to elect a new pope, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
College of Cardinals – the diplomats - The Tablet

2 weeks ago | thetablet.co.uk | Catherine Pepinster

It was, for much of the media, the image from the funeral of Pope Francis: US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy deep in conversation in St Peter’s Basilica, just before the Requiem Mass began. Given that their last encounter at the White House had ended in an ugly bust-up, the headline writers could not resist calling it “The Miracle in the Vatican”.
Meet the British cardinals who will help choose the next Pope

2 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Catherine Pepinster

CommentThe conclave to select the new pontiff will contain an unusually large number of British cardinals, three of whom are outside contenders for the top job itself. Catherine Pepinster reveals how they might influence the processWhen the cardinals gather behind locked doors in the Sistine Chapel for the secret process to select Pope Francis’s successor, it will be a ballot unlike any other. Never before will so many cardinals have come from so many countries across the globe.
The English cardinal who could be papal kingmaker

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Catherine Pepinster

With the Pope having appointed 80 per cent of the 135 cardinals with a vote, can the reversers make any headway, or has he packed the conclave with like-minded men? It's not as simple as that. Many of them come from the global south and have more hardline views on issues such as sex than European liberals.