POPE FRANCIS TELLS BENEDICT: “WE’RE BROTHERS”
By NICOLE WINFIELD and PAOLO SANTALUCIA Pope Francis meets with ambassadors from the 180 countries that have diplomatic relations with the Holy See at the Vatican, Friday, March 22, 2013.…
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LATIN AMERICA SEES CHANGE UNDER REGION’S 1ST POPE
By KATHERINE CORCORAN Faithful react after hearing on the speakers at the Metropolitan Cathedral that Buenos Aires’ Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March…
A SLOWLY UNFOLDING MYSTERY FOR MEDIA
By DAVID BAUDER A reader looks at the first edition of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano after the election of Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church,…
OBAMA SENDS PRAYERS, WARM WISHES TO NEW POPE
By JOSH LEDERMAN Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who chose the…
CARDINALS LOCKED INTO SISTINE CHAPEL TO PICK POPE
By NICOLE WINFIELD Cardinals attend a Mass for the election of a new pope celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Sodano inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 12, 2013.…
ROME BRACES FOR CONCLAVE CROWD CONTROL CHALLENGE
By FRANCES D’EMILIO FILE — In this file photo taken on Feb. 24, 2013, policeman patrol as faithful gather the last Angelus noon prayer of Pope Benedict XVI, celebrated from…
CATHOLICS CREATE ‘VIRTUAL CONCLAVE’ FOR NEW POPE
By RACHEL ZOLL A view of the Sistine Chapel, at the Vatican, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Firefighters have installed the top of the Sistine Chapel chimney that will signal to…