The pope and Sinner : Love, service and a match made in heaven

Associated Press 05/13/2025

ROME — Jannik Sinner says it’s “a good thing for us tennis players” that the new pope likes to play the sport. Even if Leo XIV jokingly said he wouldn’t want to arrange a game with the…

Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, came to Cebu in 2004

CDN Digital 05/09/2025

Before he became Pope Leo XIV, Fr. Robert Prevost once visited Cebu in 2004.  Photos from the  Order of Saint Augustine – Province of Cebu Philippines Facebook page shows a younger Prevost attending the 19th Anniversary of…

Meet the new pope: Robert Prevost, Pope Leo XIV

Associated Press 05/09/2025

VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.…

New pope elected as white smoke billows from chimney of Sistine Chapel

Associated Press 05/09/2025

VATICAN CITY — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday, May 8, 2025, after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic Church.…

Second black smoke, cardinals to vote again for new pope

05/08/2025

Vatican City, Holy See – Thick black smoke billowed Thursday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals again failed to elect a new head of the Catholic Church. Among the thousands of…

New pope: What name he chooses can signal what’s ahead

Associated Press 05/07/2025

ROME — The first clue of the next pope’s direction will be the name the winner chooses. The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first…

Cardinals assemble to elect new pope and set course for church

Agence France Presse 05/06/2025

VATICAN CITY, Holy See – All 133 Catholic cardinals who will vote for a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican said on Monday, two days before they gather in a conclave to elect the next…

Cardinals could pick Tagle, ‘Asian Francis’, as next pope

Reuters 05/05/2025

VATICAN CITY — Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is sometimes called the “Asian Francis” because of his infectious smile, easy laugh, and spontaneity with words. Like the late Argentine pope, he hails from a country far from…

Trump AI ‘pope joke’ insensitive, not funny – CBCP

Ferdinand Patinio 05/04/2025

MANILA – Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David has criticized US President Donald Trump for posting an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope, calling it offensive and insensitive in light…

Donald Trump draws criticism with AI image of himself as the pope

05/04/2025

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself dressed as pope as the mourning of Pope Francis continues and just days before the conclave to elect his successor is set to…

LIVE UPDATES: Pope Francis dies at age 88

04/25/2025

Pope Francis, an energetic reformer who inspired widespread devotion from Catholics but riled traditionalists, died on Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88. The Argentine pontiff, leader of the Catholic Church since March 2013, spent…

Pope Francis: Key dates in his life

04/21/2025

Vatican City, Holy See–Here are some key dates in the life of Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and Latin American pope, who died on Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88. – December 17, 1936: Jorge…

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