Molly Olmstead

6 days ago | slate.com | Molly Olmstead

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. There is a new pope. On Thursday, Pope Leo XIV—formerly American Cardinal Robert Prevost—stepped out onto the balcony outside St. Peter’s Square and introduced himself to the world’s more than 1 billion Roman Catholics. As a candidate, he was considered something of a moderate, a man who could appeal to progressive and conservative factions.

6 days ago | slate.com | Molly Olmstead

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. He emerged on the balcony, smiling, to greet the tens of thousands of cheering, jubilant Catholics in St. Peter’s Square: the first American pope. On Thursday afternoon—evening, in Rome—on a beautiful sunny day, Cardinal Robert Prevost from Chicago was elected the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. He announced his new papal name: Pope Leo XIV.

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Molly Olmstead

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. He emerged onto the balcony, smiling, to greet the tens of thousands of cheering, jubilant Catholics in St. Peter’s Square: the first American pope. On Thursday afternoon—evening, in Rome—on a beautiful sunny day, Cardinal Robert Prevost from Chicago was elected the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. He announced his new papal name: Pope Leo XIV.

1 week ago | slate.com | Molly Olmstead

Life Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Wednesday, the Catholic cardinals under the age of 80 will enter the Vatican Apostolic Palace to be sealed in until they have selected Pope Francis’ successor. They’ll cast their votes twice a day in the Sistine Chapel, going until one of their number has received more than two-thirds of the votes.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Molly Olmstead

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Wednesday, the Catholic cardinals under the age of 80 will enter the Vatican Apostolic Palace to be sealed in until they have selected Pope Francis’ successor. They’ll cast their votes twice a day in the Sistine Chapel, going until one of their number has received more than two-thirds of the votes.