From Trump to Macron, Zelensky, Putin, and von der Leyen: global leaders welcome Robert Francis Prevost’s papacy with messages of hope, expectations, and diplomatic overtures The...
Last February, the new US Pope Leo XIV had published an editorial critical of the US Vice President. Now Vance publicly congratulates, but the report remains...
At 18:05 the white smoke announced the election of the new pontiff. Thousands of faithful in St. Peter’s Square to witness the historic moment The Catholic...
After the election of the Pope by the conclave, a series of codified procedures take place very quickly. Here is what happens, step by step: 1....
Update – At 6:07 p.m. the white smoke arrived from the Sistine Chapel chimney: we have the new Pope for sure. Now we await the annunciation...
Update 9pm: black smoke, as expected, from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel. Tomorrow two votes in the morning and then, if there is no election,...
Maximum secrecy for the election of the new Pope. Stop to mobile phones and radio transmissions: the ‘silent mode’ is triggered throughout the Vatican territory In...
The election of the new Pontiff is approaching: Wednesday’s entrance into the Sistine Chapel. Spotlight on young and transitional candidates, between diplomacy, reforms and geopolitical hold...
From the emotion of John XXIII to the communicative break of Francis, the phrases pronounced at the balcony of St Peter’s tell the soul of the...
In the morning the Mass ‘pro eligendo Papa’, then the oath of the 133 cardinal electors. The quorum remains fixed at 89 votes Countdown to the...
A few days before the Conclave begins, the American president shows himself on social media dressed as Pontiff. No comment, just the image of himself as...
In modern history the election of the Pope takes place in a few days, but the time will depend on the number of ballots needed to...
The conclave, the symbol of papal election, has a long history rooted in antiquity, evolving over the centuries to meet the needs of the Church. Today,...