North Texas Catholics attended afternoon mass in larger numbers on Tuesday, the first day voting for a new pope took place.
Cardinals prepared for a second day of conclave behind the Vatican's walls to elect a pope on Wednesday, with all eyes on a chimney that will signal when there is a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. The 115 …
At the same time, there are the more practical concerns, equally well known: the sexual abuse crisis, the feeling in many parts of the West that the church is irrelevant, mismanagement in the Vatican curia. As I see it, the Holy Spirit can move the …
According to a dispatch by Vatican reporter Andrea Tornielli of La Stampa, who was essentially getting feeds from inside the meetings, Ruini said the church needed a “dynamic” pope who is young enough to adequately deal with the challenges faced by the …
All things considered, I'd rather be in Rome. Isn't everyone? Tout le journalism monde has descended on Rome since Pope Benedict XVI's surprise retirement last month. The ensuing Vatican intrigue has been appropriately sumptuous: Was it the gay cabal?
Vatican TV has a smoke cam, but they do it wrong. Theirs is too ambitious, panning over St. Peter's Square, lingering on tourists with umbrellas, filming it all like a special for the Travel Channel. MSNBC does it wrong, too, cutting away from the …
VATICAN CITY — They filed into the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday reciting a Latin hymn, and then swore an oath on the Bible, pledging secrecy. And then the 115 cardinals were sealed inside to choose from among them the next leader of the Roman Catholic …
But she meant it in the best way possible. On Tuesday morning, all three cable news networks devoted hours of airtime to complete coverage of Cardinals signing in for the latest conclave to elect a new pope, which made for …
Vatican owns the building that houses cardinals and Europe's biggest gay bathhouse.
Today the task of electing the next head of the Catholic church begins in earnest as more than 100 cardinals gather for the papal conclave. So who are some of the top contenders to become the next pope? Lynette Romero is …
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