Claire Giangrave

Boston, Rome

Vatican Reporter at Religion News Service

Vatican Correspondent for Religion News Service.

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In first homily as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV calls for missionary church in a secular age

6 days ago | religionnews.com | Claire Giangrave

VATICAN CITY (RNS) – At a Mass in the Sistine Chapel on Friday (May 9) attended by the cardinals who had elected him their leader the day before, Pope Leo XIV laid out his missionary vision for the church. But first he told the cardinals that his leadership would continue to depend on them.
Five things to know about Pope Leo XIV

6 days ago | sltrib.com | Claire Giangrave |Roxanne Stone

Vatican City * For the second conclave in a row, the College of Cardinals shocked the watching world with its choice for the next pope. U.S. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was a long shot, precisely because he was American - conventional wisdom being that a pope should not be drawn from a global superpower.
Five things to know about Pope Leo XIV

6 days ago | religionnews.com | Claire Giangrave

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — For the second conclave in a row, the College of Cardinals shocked the watching world with its choice for the next pope. U.S. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was a long-shot favorite, precisely because he was American — conventional wisdom being that a pope should not be drawn from a global superpower.
The smoke is white, and the Catholic world holds its breath

1 week ago | religionnews.com | Claire Giangrave

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — White smoke appeared atop the Sistine Chapel on Thursday (May 8), sending a signal that the cardinals gathered below had found a new leader to succeed Pope Francis, who died April 21. The cardinals elected the new pope on the third vote on the second day of the conclave, with white smoke appearing from the Sistine Chapel chimney at 6:09 p.m. Rome time, an unexpectedly quick decision.
Pope Leo XIV to lead Roman Catholic Church, first American elected to papacy

1 week ago | episcopalnewsservice.org | Claire Giangrave

[Religion News Service] In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, the College of Cardinals elected Robert Francis Prevost, 69, the 267th pope on May 8. He is the first United States citizen to become the bishop of Rome. The Chicago-born Prevost has chosen to take the name Pope Leo XIV, signaling a kinship with the 19th-century Pope Leo XIII, who was known for opening the doors of the church to the world and made Catholic social teaching a central issue during his pontificate.
Robert Prevost, first US pope, will reign as Leo XIV

1 week ago | religionnews.com | Claire Giangrave

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, the College of Cardinals elected Robert Francis Prevost, 69, the 267th pope on Thursday (May 8). He is the first United States citizen to become the Bishop of Rome.
Black smoke emerges at Vatican, indicating a pope has not been elected

1 week ago | religionnews.com | Claire Giangrave

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As expected, black smoke emerged from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, where cardinals cast their first votes on Wednesday (May 7), a sign to onlookers in St. Peter’s Square they have not reached a consensus on who should be the next pope. The smoke emerged around 9 p.m. Rome time.
On eve of conclave, cardinals confident they can listen to one another

1 week ago | religionnews.com | Claire Giangrave

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As cardinals left their final meeting before the conclave begins, they expressed confidence in their time of listening and prayer, and some predicted a relatively quick election of the next pope. “We’ve gotten to know the voices of bishops from all over the world,” Cardinal José Cobo Cano, archbishop of Madrid, told RNS in Spanish.
Cardinals prepare to enter conclave with more ideas about their ideal pope than names

1 week ago | religionnews.com | Claire Giangrave

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — With less than two days left before they sequester themselves in the Vatican’s ornate Sistine Chapel to cast their first votes for the next pope, cardinals said they are still narrowing the possible candidates as they get to know each other and get a sense of their respective visions for the future of Catholicism.
Cardinals' homilies before conclave speak volumes

1 week ago | religionnews.com | Claire Giangrave

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — At a church in the Roman suburb on Sunday (May 3), Congolese Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa, preached on a story from the Gospel of John in which Jesus’ followers in the days after his death returned to their day jobs, afraid to rile those who put Jesus to death. He used the passage to pray for God to embolden the cardinals gathered in Rome in their work electing a new pope.