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White smoke heralds selection of new pope
VATICAN CITY -- White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, proclaiming the selection of a new pope by Roman Catholic cardinals on their second day of voting. The name of the man chosen to replace Pope Benedict XVI will be announced within...
Tags: Benedict XVI, Politics, The Pope, Elections, Italy
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AP: Francis I elected Pope, becoming first pontiff from Americas
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Argentine Jorge Bergoglio was elected pope Wednesday and chose the papal name Francis, becoming first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. A stunned-looking Bergoglio shyly...
Tags: Benedict XVI, Politics, The Pope, Religion and Belief, Voting
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'The Borgias' upsets some in Italy as vote for new pope underway
VATICAN CITY -- An Italian television station is broadcasting the salacious show "The Borgias" during the papal election conclave, despite pressure from a Catholic group to drop it because of its unflattering depiction of the papacy and the effect it...
Tags: Television Industry, Christianity, Benedict XVI, The Pope, Television Stations
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Cardinal Bergoglio chosen as new pope
VATICAN CITY -- Jorge Mario Bergoglio was named the 266th pope Wednesday, succeeding Benedict XVI as leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics and inheriting a global church that is growing in some parts of the world but faces serious...Tags: Christianity, Benedict XVI, Politics, The Pope, Religion and Belief
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Media myopia in Rome
WASHINGTON -- All things considered, I'd rather be in Rome. Isn't everyone? Tout le journalism monde has descended on Rome since Pope Benedict XVI's surprise retirement last month. The ensuing Vatican intrigue has been appropriately sumptuous: Was it the...Tags: Benedict XVI, Christianity, Catholic Charities USA, The Pope, Roman Catholicism
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New pope: Los Angeles faithful eagerly await word
L.A. NOWAs white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel Wednesday morning, Catholics in Southern California were pleased to hear they had a new pontiff.... -
Five questions about the new pope
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the first non-European pope in more than a millennium and the first from South America, was a surprise choice to lead the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics. Few Vatican watchers had the Argentine cleric near the top of...Tags: Benedict XVI, Religion and Belief, Papal Conclave (2013)
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Election of first South American as pope excites local Catholics
Gail Liss, the front desk receptionist for Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, went to a dentist appointment at noontime Wednesday, confident that a new pope would not be chosen before she got back to work. Liss was wrong. While she sitting in the dentist...
Tags: Christianity, Anglicanism, Argentina, Politics, The Pope
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Pope Francis I: First tweet is "HABEMUS PAPAM FRANCISCUM"
Minutes after Jorge Mario Bergoglio gave his first address as Pope Francis I, the Vatican sent a Tweet from the papal Twitter account: "HABEMUS PAPAM FRANCISCUM." The Tweet, roughly translated from Latin, means "We have Pope Francis." The account,...
Tags: Benedict XVI, Social Media, Francis I, Apple iPad
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Leo? Pius? Pelagius? New pope will send message through name
The name chosen by the next pope will be his first decision -- and the first clue to how he will lead the Roman Catholic Church. Once a pontiff is elected in the Sistine Chapel, he is asked which name he will use. The last pope, Benedict XVI, said he...
Tags: Stephen Colbert, Benedict XVI, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Timothy M. Dolan
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The new pope: Cheers in L.A. for first Latin American pontiff
L.A. NOWAs an Argentine cardinal was introduced in Vatican City as Pope Francis I, one Cypress Park priest celebrated the first pontiff from the Americas, calling it a historic moment.... -
Vatican: It's Pope Francis, not Pope Francis I
The Vatican clarified Wednesday that the new pope -- the first to take the name Francis -- will be known as Pope Francis, not Pope Francis I. The Wednesday bulletin issued by the Vatican announcing his selection as pope called him simply Francis, as did...
Tags: Christianity, Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism, Francis I
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