
Margherita Stancati
Foreign Correspondent at The Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent Reporting on Southern Europe, the Middle East and beyond.
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2 days ago |
wsj.com | Marcus Walker |Ian Lovett |Margherita Stancati
The U.S.-born pope has signaled he will continue his predecessor’s work, but shows deference to tradition, tooVATICAN CITY—Pope Leo XIV’s first signals about the style and substance of his pontificate show why he won such broad assent at the conclave that elected him.
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4 days ago |
wsj.com | Stacy Meichtry |Margherita Stancati |Ian Lovett |Marcus Walker
A realization weighed visibly on Prevost, said three cardinals who watched his reaction: He was on track to become the 267th pope of the global Catholic Church, with its 1.4 billion faithful. By late afternoon it was all over. Votes for Prevost reached the winning threshold of 89, or two-thirds of the 133 voting cardinals present in the chapel. Applause rang out from banks of red-clad cardinals. Prevost, sitting with his eyes closed, stood up and mustered a smile as the historic moment sank in.
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4 days ago |
wsj.com | Stacy Meichtry |Margherita Stancati |Ian Lovett |Marcus Walker
A realization weighed visibly on Prevost, said three cardinals who watched his reaction: He was on track to become the 267th pope of the global Catholic Church, with its 1.4 billion faithful. By late afternoon it was all over. Votes for Prevost reached the winning threshold of 89, or two-thirds of the 133 voting cardinals present in the chapel. Applause rang out from banks of red-clad cardinals. Prevost, sitting with his eyes closed, stood up and mustered a smile as the historic moment sank in.
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5 days ago |
wsj.com | Margherita Stancati |Mauro Orru
Leo XIV gave his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine ChapelVATICAN CITY—Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, stressing the importance of missionary work in a world where many live “in a state of de facto atheism.”Leo, wearing head-to-toe white and golden vestments, returned to the chapel a day after cardinals elected him as pope on the second day of a secretive conclave.
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6 days ago |
jp.wsj.com | Stacy Meichtry |Margherita Stancati |Owen Tucker-Smith |Ian Lovett
【バチカン】ローマカトリック教会が、史上初めて米国出身のローマ教皇を選出した。14億人の信徒を束ねる新たな教皇は、トランプ政権の移民取り締まり政策を批判してきた元宣教師でもある。 シカゴ出身のロバート・フランシス・プレボスト枢機卿(69)は8日午後、サンピエトロ大聖堂の中央バルコニーに現れ、教皇名の「レオ14世」として紹介された。広場には10万人以上の巡礼者や観光客、また一般のローマ市民が集まり、長年考えられなかった米国人教皇の選出に驚きの反応を示した。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル日本版今すぐ購読する Special Advertising Section アクセスランキング
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