
Motoko Rich
Bureau Chief, Tokyo at The New York Times
リッチ 素子 NYT Tokyo bureau chief. Books, chocolate & coffee. 本好き She/Her [email protected]. Find me on Instagram @motokorich
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4 days ago |
nytimes.com | Motoko Rich
When still a cardinal, the new pope led discussions on key issues facing the church during which "every voice had equal value," whether an archbishop or an unordained believer. In the fall of 2024, the cardinal who is now Pope Leo XIV sat at a large round table inside the Vatican, discussing the challenges that face the Roman Catholic Church with a cardinal from Ethiopia, archbishops from Cameroon and Kenya, a cardinal posted to Mongolia, and bishops from Texas and Liberia.
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5 days ago |
sacbee.com | Motoko Rich
Los cardenales de la Iglesia Católica Romana eligieron el jueves, 8 de mayo, a Robert Francis Prevost como su 267.º pontífice, culminando un cónclave de dos días en Roma con la elección del primer papa estadounidense. Adoptó el nombre de León XIV.
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5 days ago |
nytimes.com | Tracy Mumford |Will Jarvis |Ian Stewart |Jessica Metzger |Motoko Rich
By Image Robert Francis Prevost, who was elected as pope on Thursday and took the name Pope Leo XIV, is the first pope from the United States. Credit... Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times Tune in, and tell us what you think at [email protected]. For corrections, email [email protected]. For more audio journalism and storytelling, the New York Times Audio app - available to Times news subscribers on iOS - and for our weekly newsletter.
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6 days ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Motoko Rich |Elizabeth Dias |Jason Horowitz
Share Robert Francis Prevost, who was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday and took the name Pope Leo XIV, is the first pope from the United States.The decision from the 133 voting cardinals, which arrived in a plume of white smoke at the end of their second day of voting inside the secrecy of the Sistine Chapel, defied longstanding belief that church leaders would never select a pope from a global superpower that already has considerable influence in world...
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6 days ago |
nytimes.com | Motoko Rich |Elizabeth Dias |Jason Horowitz
A pesar de sus raíces estadounidenses, el nuevo pontífice, de 69 años, nacido en Chicago, es considerado un eclesiástico que trasciende las fronteras. Robert Francis Prevost, quien fue elegido como el papa 267 de la Iglesia católica el jueves y adoptó el nombre de papa León XIV, es el primer papa procedente de Estados Unidos.
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When I lived in Japan in the 1970s as a kid, I learned Japanese from Sazae-san. With her sheepish gaffes, she was my favorite character. For my final story as Tokyo bureau chief, I met her voice in Midori Kato, still going strong at 85 https://t.co/FOm2lL9I3K with @hudidi1

As Ambassador, Rahm Emanuel may not have had the patience for “nemawashi,” but he says it was what Japan needed https://t.co/MpMiw1l66H

As of today, I am on book leave. Thanks to all for a grateful run in Tokyo. I’m here for a bit longer, and then off to a new adventure next year in Rome. https://t.co/sy1e6qOq7X via @