A New Pope Has Been Elected, World Awaits Announcement
Thursday, 8 May 2025 Crowds erupted in cheers at St. Peter's Square as cardinals announced through a billow of white smoke that a successor to Pope Francis, who passed away a day after Easter Sunday this year, had been named.
As the world watches, 133 cardinals from around the globe arrive at St. Peter's Basilica for a powerful and historic moment—the final public mass before the conclave to elect the next pope. Presided over by the dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re, this mass marks the last rite...
Pope prays for Chinese Catholics to be in communion with Rome in first comments following feast day
Leo noted that on the feast day, “in the churches and shrines in China and throughout the world,..
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Pope Leo XIV receives US Vice President JD Vance and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican, ahead of a US-led push to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The Chicago-born pope was elected as..
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