Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News
President Donald Trump on May 8 congratulated Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, who was elected the 267th pope the same day, taking the name Pope Leo XIV.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News
Even before he stepped out on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and spoke May 8, Pope Leo XIV’s choice of a name was a powerful statement.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News
Cardinal Robert F. Prevost has selected the name Pope Leo XIV, an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, who deserves to be called the founding father of Catholic social doctrine in modern times, with his encyclical “Rerum Novarum” as its foundational document.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, Local News, News, Vatican
As French Cardinal Dominique Mamberti announced to the world May 8 that Cardinal Robert F. Prevost had been elected as the successor to Pope Francis, Archbishop William E. Lori and several of his closest advisors appeared visibly stunned.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th pope May 8 and took the name Pope Leo XIV.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The 133 cardinals decided May 8 after less than a day of voting on a new pope to lead the Catholic Church.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, World News
As Catholics came together at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles to pray for the cardinal electors at the conclave, Archbishop José H. Gomez urged the faithful to also “ask for a new and deeper awareness of the important part that each one of us plays in the church.”
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News
The smoke meant that the 133 cardinals in the conclave had not given one candidate at least 89 votes, the two-thirds necessary for the election of a pope.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News
While Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is topping the list of “papabili” in the world press, it’s another Filipino that would please advocates and victims of clerical sexual abuse. His name is Cardinal Pablo Virgilio Siongco David of Kalookan.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The 133 cardinals who entered the conclave failed to reach a two-thirds supermajority of at least 89 votes to elect a new pope during their morning session May 8.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News
Anticipation and excitement were in the air in St. Peter’s Square and the surrounding environs as thousands of faithful and curiosity seekers alike gazed for hours at a small chimney atop the Sistine Chapel.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News
As expected, the 133 cardinals who entered the Sistine Chapel May 7 failed to elect the next pope on their first ballot.
