Category: Religion

Thu 08 May 2025: Before his name was proclaimed from St. Peter’s Basilica’s balcony, the crowd below cheered “Viva il Papa” — Long live the Pope. Robert Prevost, aged 69, will be the 267th pope, reigning as Leo XIV. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born September 14, 1955, in Chicago, is the first American pope, elected […]

Thu 08 May 2025: The papal conclave on Thursday began the second day of voting to elect a new pope. The day started with 133 elector cardinals attending a mass in the Pauline Chapel around 8 a.m. local time (0600 GMT). The cardinals then proceeded to the Sistine Chapel, where they resumed the voting. Unlike […]

Mon 05 May 2025: Cardinals from all over the world are poised to elect a successor to Pope Francis at the conclave that begins Wednesday. But what exactly is a cardinal? – HIGH DIGNITARY – A cardinal (from the Latin “cardinalis” or principal) is a high dignitary of the Catholic Church chosen by the pope to assist him […]

Sat 26 April 2025: The funeral of Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, has gotten under way at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican. Hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful have packed the site to bid farewell to the pontiff. World leaders began arriving in Rome on Friday before Pope Francis’s weekend burial, a ceremony that, although more low-key […]

Fri 25 April 2025: Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu from Sardinia, Italy, who was convicted of financial crimes in the Vatican, has expressed his intention to participate in the upcoming papal election. In 2020, Pope Francis requested Becciu to relinquish his cardinal privileges due to a financial scandal in the Vatican. Becciu had served as the “sostituto” (assistant) in the […]