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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Inés San Martín |Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Mark Valley |Michael Reardon
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ROME (OSV News) -- As the Catholic Church welcomed its 267th pope, Leo XIV -- elected May 8 -- attention quickly turned to the first moments of his pontificate. The first weeks of a papacy often give a hint as to how the entire pontificate will look. This is what the seven days of papacy tell about the first American pope and how his predecessors spent their honeymoon in the Vatican.
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1 month ago | 
ncronline.org | NCR Voices Lessons |Inés San Martín |Michael Sean Winters
In a country where over 90% of the population identifies as Christian — and nearly three-quarters as Catholic — the election of a new pope is more than a Vatican affair. It's personal. On May 8, when white smoke rose over St. Peter's Square, signaling the election of Leo XIV, Peru seemed to hold its breath. Schools went silent. Restaurants turned up their televisions. Taxi drivers, hairdressers and shopkeepers paused mid-conversation.
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Inés San Martín |Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
ROMA (OSV News) -- En un país donde más del 90% de la población se identifica como cristiana -- y casi tres cuartas partes como católica -- la elección de un nuevo Papa es más que un asunto vaticano. Es algo personal. El 8 de mayo, cuando el humo blanco se elevó sobre la Plaza de San Pedro, señalando la elección de León XIV, el Perú pareció contener la respiración. Las escuelas enmudecieron. Los restaurantes encendieron sus televisores.
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Inés San Martín |Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra
ROME (OSV News) -- He enjoys gelato after lunch, plays tennis weekly in the gardens of the Augustinian Curia in Rome and roots passionately for the Chicago White Sox. But now, the man once known as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost -- a quiet, thoughtful Augustinian with decades of missionary experience in Peru -- is Pope Leo XIV, the 266th successor of St. Peter. For his brothers in the Augustinian order, his election has been met with a mixture of "joyful disbelief" and deep spiritual affirmation.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Mike Cisneros |Pablo Kay |Inés San Martín |Kate Scanlon
Hours after U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected during the conclave in Rome and named Pope Leo XIV, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez called it “a great day for the whole world” during a press conference on May 8. “As everyone probably knows, the word ‘Catholic’ means universal,” Gomez said at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Pablo Kay |Inés San Martín |Kate Scanlon |Justin Mclellan
After a few days in Rome covering the build-up to the conclave, I had a clear “white smoke” plan. It went like this: I would be in St. Peter’s Square to witness the white smoke from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, in order to capture the crowd’s reaction. Then I could run up the stairs to the deck of the southern colonnade of St. Peter’s Square, the right “arm” of Bernini’s famous columns, where credentialed journalists are allowed to take pictures and video during major events.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Inés San Martín |Kate Scanlon |Justin Mclellan |Cindy Wooden
On May 8, the world met its new pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary and Vatican official, took the name Leo XIV. In his first public address from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, the new pope made clear his vision: a missionary church, a synodal church and a church committed to building peace. "Peace be with you!" he began, repeating the Risen Christ's Easter greeting.
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Inés San Martín |Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra
VATICAN CITY (OSV News) -- On May 8, the world met its new pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary and Vatican official, took the name Leo XIV. In his first public address from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, the new pope made clear his vision: a missionary church, a synodal church and a church committed to building peace. "Peace be with you!" he began, repeating the Risen Christ's Easter greeting.
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1 month ago | 
detroitcatholic.com | Inés San Martín |Charles Fox |Greg Erlandson
ROME (OSV News) ─ Of the 135 cardinals eligible to enter the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect the next pope, one absence has sparked confusion, controversy and no small amount of speculation, almost as if it were a plot point of the movie "Conclave."Kenyan Cardinal John Njue, 79, will not take part in the election of the 267th pope, despite technically being eligible to vote. The reason? That depends on whom you ask.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Inés San Martín |Nora Miller |Heather King |Scott Hahn
In the heart of Vatican City, the usually quiet Casa Santa Marta is abuzz with workers, engineers, and Vatican officials transforming the guesthouse that was the residence of Pope Francis into a secure, secluded place of lodging that would put Fort Knox to shame.
