THE PULSE OF THE PLANET
Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and pleaded for an end to global conflicts, which he likened to a “third world war in pieces”. In his first Sunday address at the Vatican, the new pontiff urged an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Gaza and the release of…
Pope Leo XIV, who on Thursday was elected as the first-ever US-born leader of the Roman Catholic church, has a familial bloodline that reflects his homeland’s fraught relationship with race – and why the nation’s stature as a melting pot of origins has long endured, records unearthed by genealogists show. The maternal grandfather of 69-year-old…
Good morning. Robert Francis Prevost, the first US cleric to lead the Roman Catholic church, has said “evil will not prevail” as he addressed a crowd of 100,000 pilgrims and tourists in his first speech as Pope Leo XIV from the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica. The election on Thursday of Prevost, 69, as…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Leo XIV has been leading the cardinals in the introductory rites of the mass. Share Pope Leo XIV has arrived at the Sistine Chapel, and the service has begun. After the mass, the pope is then expected to have a lunch…
After years of sympathetic and inclusive comments from Pope Francis, LGBTQ+ Catholics expressed concern on Thursday about hostile remarks made more than a decade ago by Father Robert Prevost, the new Pope Leo XIV, in which he condemned what he called the “homosexual lifestyle” and “the redefinition of marriage” as “at odds with the Gospel”….
We’re back for afternoon votes Jakub Krupa The cardinals were expected to be back in the Sistine Chapel at 4.30pm local time, and we understand that they have just gone in. So the fourth vote should be now getting under way any moment now. The next possible smoke would be probably around 5.30pm local time,…
