By Nicole Winfield Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, a 69 member of the Augustinian religious order, took the name Leo XIV. He appeared on the loggia […]
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What is a conclave? What to know about the secretive process to elect the next pope
The papal conclave, beginning May 7, is a secretive, centuries-old Vatican process in which cardinals under age 80 vote—sequestered inside the Sistine Chapel—to elect a new pope by a two-thirds majority, with white smoke and bells signaling the decision.
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Pope on COVID vaccines says health care a ‘moral obligation’
By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press Pope Francis suggested Monday that getting vaccinated against the coronavirus was a “moral obligation” and denounced how people had been swayed by “baseless information” to refuse one of the most effective measures to save lives during the pandemic. Francis used some of his strongest words yet calling for people to […]
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Argentine Jorge Bergoglio Elected Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope Wednesday, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Francis, associating himself with the humble 13th-century Italian preacher who lived a life of poverty. Looking stunned, Francis shyly waved to […]