Pope Leo XIV: Peacemaker and openness in an historic name May 8, 2025By Justin McLellan 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.
Who was Pope Leo XIII, the father of social doctrine? May 8, 2025By Russell Shaw 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.
Chicago native Cardinal Prevost elected pope, takes name Leo XIV May 8, 2025By Cindy Wooden 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.
White smoke emerges, indicating election of new pope May 8, 2025By Catholic Review Staff 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.
Amid prayers for the conclave, bishops call on faithful to embrace Jesus’ mission May 8, 2025By Julie Asher 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.”
Some popes were elected unanimously, but ‘acclamation’ isn’t an option now May 8, 2025By Cindy Wooden 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.
Faithful and furry: People and pets await next pope May 8, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Vatican, World News It is not just people who flock to St. Peter’s Square to watch the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel; some furry, faithful companions have also been waiting it out.
Advocates of abuse victims are rooting for a Filipino pope — and it’s not Cardinal Tagle May 8, 2025By Paulina Guzik 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.
A morning of black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney May 8, 2025By Carol Glatz 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.
With great anticipation, Americans in Rome await white smoke May 8, 2025By Gretchen R. Crowe 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.
Civil rights probe launched over state abuse reporting law’s lack of Catholic confession protections May 8, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Religious Freedom, World News The Justice Department said May 5 it opened a civil rights investigation into the development and passage of legislation in Washington state that requires clergy to report child abuse or neglect but provides no exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege.
HHS releases report critical of gender transition procedures for youth May 8, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News The Department of Health and Human Services recently released what it called a “comprehensive review” of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender, calling for broader use of psychotherapy for young people with gender dysphoria rather than what proponents call gender-affirming care.
