ELECTION OF NEXT POPE MAY BE MOVED UP
The Vatican is raising the possibility that the conclave to elect the next pope might start earlier than March 15 – the earliest date possible under current rules that require a 15-20 day waiting...
View ArticleCARDINALS SET TUESDAY, MARCH 12TH AS START DATE FOR POPE’S ELECTION
March 12th is the date Catholic Cardinals have set as the start date for the conclave to elect the next Pope. Next Tuesday will begin with a Mass in the morning, followed by the first balloting in the...
View ArticleCATHOLIC CARDINALS PREPARE TO CHOOSE A NEW POPE
A busy week begins in Rome. Workers are putting the final touches on the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, preparing it for the 115 Cardinal electors who will begin to choose a new Pope tomorrow. Toronto’s...
View ArticleBLACK SMOKE FROM THE SISTINE CHAPEL
Plumes of black smoke poured out of the chimney at the Sistine Chapel just before 7:00 this morning. That means, after three ballots, 115 Catholic Cardinals have not reached a consensus on the next...
View ArticleWORLD WELCOMES FIRST POPE FROM THE AMERICAS
The 266th pope is the first ever from the Americas and the first to take the name of Francis. Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio is the first pope from outside Europe in more than a thousand years. He...
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