Vatican City, March 13, 2013 (Zenit.org) – At 11:38 am this morning, black smoke has arisen for a second time in Vatican City as thousands await in St. Peter’s [...]
White smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel today and the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica are ringing, signifying that a new pope has been elected to head the [...]
Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been elected the Roman Catholic Church’s new Pope. The first Latin American to be Pope, he will call himself Francis I. An [...]
You all know that the duty of the Conclave was to give a bishop to Rome. It seems that my brother Cardinals have gone almost to the ends of the earth to get him… but here [...]