Newly elected Pope Leo XIV has lead his first Mass as pontiff, in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. The Pope was joined by cardinals for prayers and hymns, the morning after his identity was revealed to the world on the Vatican balcony overlooking St Peter’s Square. Pope Leo spoke in Latin, English and Italian, calling on...
A new pope has taken the helm of the Catholic Church, after being elected in a two-day conclave in Vatican City. Crowds of faithful erupted into cheers as Robert Prevost, 69, appeared at the balcony overlooking St Peter’s Square for the first time. He will now be known as Pope Leo XIV, and is the...
Lebo Diseko Global religion reporter, BBC News AFP If the sole predictor of who would become the next Pope was where the Catholic Church is growing fastest, then it is almost certain he would hail from Africa. The continent’s Catholic population is expanding more rapidly than anywhere else, representing more than half of the global...
