ROME — The papal conclave to elect the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics will begin on Tuesday afternoon, a Vatican spokesman announced. Cardinals will enter the closed meeting after holding a special Mass …
Within an hour of white smoke signaling the election of a new pope, a seagull landed on the Sistine Chapel's chimney.
Vatican City, Mar 12, 2013 / 05:19 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Varying chemical compounds have replaced wet straw and pitch to produce the Vatican smoke signal that is used to communicate the result of conclave voting sessions. Fr. Thomas …
Update: Read TheBlaze's profile on the new pope — Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina (Pope Francis). Below, find out more about this historic papal election. VATICAN CITY (TheBlaze/AP) …
IN AN old monastic joke, one robed brother says to another: "You know, being humble has always been one of my strong points…" In his first few minutes as pontiff, Pope Francis gave the impression of unfeigned humility: by …
Vatican City: He stopped to pay his hotel bill a day after becoming pope. He wore simple black shoes and an ordinary wristwatch with a thick black band to his first Mass as pontiff. He rode in a minivan to dinner with the cardinals who elected him …
Modest Pope pays his own hotel bill as he moves to new digs at the Vatican. Pope Francis showed signs of a different style of papacy than his traditional predecessor with his first day on the job yesterday, which began with him stopping by his hotel to …
VATICAN CITY — With a puff of white smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and to the cheers of thousands of rain-soaked faithful, a gathering of Catholic cardinals picked a new pope from among their midst on Wednesday — choosing the cardinal …
Après la messe, l'ancien cardinal Bergoglio s'est rendu au troisième étage du Palais apostolique afin d'ôter les scellés apposés sur les portes d'accès aux appartements pontificaux, où il prévoit de s'installer rapidement, a annoncé le Vatican.
The Vatican needs to find a new Pope. And to notify the world of when a new Pope is chosen, the papal conclave will communicate through smoke signal. Black smoke means they haven't found a Pope, white smoke (or …
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