The deuce you say. Didn’t the zuccheto give the Guardian its first hint? Now that the cardinals have elected the former Robert Cardinal Prevost as the new pontiff, the media has begun to dig into his track record. This comes in part because the now-Pope Leo XIV didn’t make any of their silly papabili scorecard coverage...
Laura Gozzi BBC News Reporting fromVatican City Getty Images Excited crowds gather in St Peter’s Square to see the new Pope After the sorrow of death, the joy of a new beginning. The warm May sun was still high in the sky when a roar echoed out in the streets surrounding St Peter’s Square. One...
Robert Prevost has become the first American to be elected pope, following a two-day conclave in Vatican City. The 69-year-old will be the 267th occupant of the throne of St Peter and he will be known as Leo XIV. Born in Chicago in 1955 to parents of Spanish and Franco-Italian descent, Prevost served as an...
Catherine Heathwood BBC World Service Getty Images Pope Victor I (L), Pope Gelasius I and Pope Militades (R) are all believed to be of North African descent Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the Church to this day. Their papacies were in the...
Simon Furber BBC News, Albury Patrick Barlow BBC News, South East Simon Furber/BBC Albury’s Catholic Apostolic Church remains sealed for the Second Coming Much is shrouded in mystery about a Surrey church that is sealed for the Second Coming. For years, nobody has been allowed to peek behind the ornate stone walls and intricate rose...
With election time on the horizon, the descriptive terms in the title start coming up in conversation more and more frequently. And yes, it is all correct; I’m an Irish citizen, a devout Catholic and a committed anarchist. To the average person, that might seem incongruous- certainly the last two- even absurd. But it is...
AP His ascension to the papacy heralded many firsts. Francis was the first Pope from the Americas or the Southern Hemisphere. Not since Syrian-born Gregory III died in 741 had there been a non-European Bishop of Rome. He was also the first Jesuit to be elected to the throne of St Peter – Jesuits were...
One of the principle guiding influences within the development of Catholic Worker philosophy has been the principle of anarchism. The three most influential figures of the Catholic Worker- Peter Maurin, Dorothy Day and Ammon Hennacy – all professed to being anarchists at some time in their lives. Since any discussion of anarchism usually produces huge...