‘Pray for me,’ pope asks the faithful
VATICAN CITY - Sunshine glinting off his golden vestments, Pope Benedict XVI summoned centuries of Catholic tradition yesterday, then asked hundreds of thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square...
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High-level Vatican vacancies provide fuel for rumor mill
Pope Benedict XVI began to shape his Vatican administration Thursday, reappointing three top diplomats and providing another bridge to the last pontificate. By naming Italian Cardinal Angelo Sodano as his...
1st address hails John Paul II’s legacy
Pope Benedict XVI gave his first extended address Wednesday morning, sounding more like John Paul II than Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. In remarks to the cardinals after mass in the Sistine...
News greeted with roar, delight
The smoke that slipped horizontally from the stovepipe atop the Sistine Chapel was almost identical in color and consistency to the gray clouds that scudded along behind it Tuesday evening....
Pope Benedict XVI
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, a traditionalist and doctrinal enforcer who collaborated closely with his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, was elected pope Tuesday in a conclave that lasted little more than...
Toughest task: Following John Paul
Of all the options before the cardinals, of all the hues and styles and ages and life stories gathered in the Sistine Chapel, the man they finally chose Tuesday to...
Devout child aspired to the collar very early
The man considered by many to be the second-most powerful figure in the Roman Catholic Church for more than two decades was usually able to walk the streets of Rome...
Pope Benedict XVI
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, a traditionalist and doctrinal enforcer who collaborated closely with his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, was elected pope Tuesday in a conclave that lasted little more than...
Walking in shadow of John Paul
Of all the options before the cardinals, of all the hues and styles and ages and life stories that gathered in the Sistine Chapel, the man they turned to today...
Cardinals to break with some traditions at conclave today
VATICAN CITY -- History towers over the 115 Roman Catholic cardinals who will gather today to begin selecting a new pope, but some of the church's ancient traditions are shifting...