Elizabeth Dias
National Correspondent, Religion and Politics at The New York Times
National Correspondent @NYTimes covering faith & politics, so you *can* discuss both at family dinners. email me: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Ruth Graham |Elizabeth Dias |Jason Horowitz
"There is no room in Augustine's concept of authority for one who is self-seeking and in search of power over others," he wrote in the 167-page text. Almost 40 years ago, an American graduate student in Rome was closely examining the question of what it meant to be a wise and effective leader in the Catholic Church.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Elizabeth Dias
The talks took place as some on the American Right who had clashed with Pope Francis, Leo's predecessor, seek better ties with the papacy. Pope Leo XIV met with Vice President JD Vance for a closed-door meeting at the Vatican on Monday morning, the first private talks between America's two most high-profile Catholics since the new pontiff was elected.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Elizabeth Dias
NowRome CNN — Leo XIV, the first ever American pope, will be formally inaugurated as the 267th pontiff Sunday during a special Mass in St. Peter’s Square attended by world leaders, royalty, and thousands of believers. The May 18 service will be rich in symbolism and include the formal bestowing on Leo …
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Elizabeth Dias
The cardinals' selection of Pope Leo tests the strained relationship between the bishop of Rome and conservative Catholics. The announcement that Vice President JD Vance would attend Pope Leo XIV's inauguration mass included a simple line. "Pope Leo XIV is the first American Pope. Vice President Vance is the first Catholic convert to serve as Vice President," the White House notice said. It was neutral, yet telling.
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spokesman.com | Jason Horowitz |Julie Bosman |Elizabeth Dias |Ruth Graham
VATICAN CITY — Father Robert Prevost told the Peruvian soldiers to back off. It was the mid-1990s, and the troops, armed to the teeth, had stopped and boarded a minibus carrying the American priest and a group of young Peruvian seminarians. The soldiers tried to forcibly recruit the men. Citing a law that exempted clerics from military service, Prevost told the soldiers, “No, these young men are going to be priests; they cannot go to the barracks,” said the Rev.
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