The ceremony to honor Pope Leo XIV in the Peruvian city where he served as bishop for roughly eight years began on Saturday night with a procession of altar boys and priests. It ended long past dark with dancers in…
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Pope Leo XIV Calls for News Media to Shun Divisive Language
Pope Leo XIV used his first audience with the press on Monday to appeal to journalists to help cool the heated language of today’s media landscape, as he renewed his calls for a more peaceful world. Echoing some thoughts from…
How a Quiet American Cardinal Became Pope
The cardinals electing a new pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church left the Sistine Chapel exhausted and hungry. A meditation to start the conclave had dragged on and pushed their first vote deep into Wednesday evening. It had resulted…
Pope Leo XIV Overcame a Major Strike Against Him: Being American
In retrospect, Pope Leo XIV had it all going for him. The new pope, whose election on the second day of the conclave stunned the Roman Catholic world, seemed to be from two places at once. He was born and…
Who Is Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, the New Pope? What to Know About Leo XIV
Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope on Thursday by 133 cardinals to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics. The first pope from the United States, he chose the name Leo XIV. Here’s what to know about the…
Waiting for the Smoke That Heralds a New Pope
After the men who will select the next pope were locked inside the Sistine Chapel without cellphones on Wednesday, the only thing left to do was wait for them to send a signal to the outside world. By smoke. The…
How The Times Covers the Papal Conclave
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Beginning Wednesday, the doors of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City will close for the conclave, the secretive process of…
Days Before Conclave, Cardinals in Rome Pitch Messages to the Pews
Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of France cooed at babies on Sunday at a church in the Monti neighborhood of Rome. Cardinal Peter Erdo of Hungary asked for prayers for fellow cardinals at a church near the Colosseum. Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of…
A Conclave Like No Other
There are so many unfamiliar faces, cardinals are wearing name tags. The Vatican guesthouse for out-of-towners coming to choose the next pope is overbooked. Daily Vatican meetings have taken on the feel of theological speed-dating sessions. “The cardinals don’t know…
My Selfie With Pope Francis: The Digital Legacy of an Approachable Pontiff
Sometimes, the encounters were quieter, such as that of one artist who was invited to the Vatican to present his work to the pope. When asked what he made of the selfies, Pope Francis said at a news conference, “I…