Francis X. Rocca
Freelance journalist on Vatican & global religion, senior analyst @EWTNews, ex @WSJ, director: “Voices of Vatican Il” https://t.co/xBQN5IcTha, [email protected]
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4 days ago |
aciafrica.org | Francis X. Rocca
Vatican, 11 May, 2025 / 4:47 pm (ACI Africa). Since the papal conclave elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on May 8, many have been watching intently for clues as to how Pope Leo XIV will follow or depart from the path set by his late predecessor. Observers have noted his choice of a traditional papal name and his decision to wear the red cape called a mozzetta at his first appearance on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica — both signs of contrast with the maverick Pope Francis.
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5 days ago |
aciprensa.com | Francis X. Rocca
Desde que el cónclave eligió al Cardenal Robert Francis Prevost el 8 de mayo, muchos han estado atentos a las señales de cómo el Papa León XIV seguirá o se apartará del camino marcado por su predecesor. Observadores han notado su elección de un nombre papal tradicional y su decisión de usar la capa roja llamada mozzetta en su primera aparición en la logia de la Basílica de San Pedro, ambos signos de contraste con el poco convencional Papa Francisco.
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5 days ago |
ncregister.com | Francis X. Rocca
How a 2012 interview led to the first controversy of the new pontificate. Pope Leo XIV came out May 8, 2025 to the balcony of the Sistine Chapel wearing the traditional garb for a new pope, a red mozzetta and a stole over a white rochet and his new white cassock.
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1 week ago |
theatlantic.com | Francis X. Rocca
Until today, nearly every Vatican insider agreed on one thing: The United States would never produce a pope, at least not while the country remained a superpower. A citizen of the world’s dominant nation could not become the leader of the world’s largest religious organization without dramatically upsetting the global balance of geopolitical and cultural power. Or so the thinking went.
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1 week ago |
sg.news.yahoo.com | Francis X. Rocca
Until today, nearly every Vatican insider agreed on one thing: The United States would never produce a pope, at least not while the country remains a superpower. A citizen of the world’s dominant nation could not become the leader of the world’s largest religious organization without dramatically upsetting the global balance of geopolitical and cultural power. Or so the thinking went.
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