Tom Heneghan

First Jesuit pope brings new concerns, new style

August 24, 2021 at 5:59 a.m.

VATICAN CITY/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Jesuits, the legendary order of Roman Catholic priests known for its intellectuals, missionaries and iconoclasts, are unusual in the Church because they take a vow...

Conclave: the secretive end to unannounced campaigns

August 24, 2021 at 5:48 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The conclave to pick a Roman Catholic pope is the dramatic final stage of a secretive election process that quietly began weeks, months or even years...

Conclave: the secretive end to unannounced campaigns

May 14, 2019 at 4:28 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The conclave to pick a Roman Catholic pope is the dramatic final stage of a secretive election process that quietly began weeks, months or even years...

Special Report: The impossible job: God’s CEO on Earth

August 24, 2021 at 5:37 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Joseph Ratzinger never hid the fact he thought the Roman Catholic papacy was too big for one man. For several days after being elected in 2005,...

Papal vote preparations start in earnest at Vatican

August 24, 2021 at 5:21 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Preparations for electing Roman Catholicism's new leader begin in earnest on Monday as the College of Cardinals opens daily talks to sketch an identikit for the...

U.N. body says U.S. lax on clerical sex abuse cases

August 24, 2021 at 4:31 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A U.N. committee has accused U.S. legal authorities of failing to fully pursue cases of child sex abuse in religious groups, an issue especially troubling the...

U.N. body says U.S. lax on clerical sex abuse cases

August 22, 2019 at 1:56 p.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A U.N. committee has accused U.S. legal authorities of failing to fully pursue cases of child sex abuse in religious groups, an issue especially troubling the...

Cardinals seek identikit for new pope

August 24, 2021 at 4:27 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - After Pope Benedict's papacy of almost eight years, the cardinals who will elect the next Catholic pontiff are more European, more conservative and more "Roman" than...

Cardinals seek identikit for new pope

August 22, 2019 at 1:54 p.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - After Pope Benedict's papacy of almost eight years, the cardinals who will elect the next Catholic pontiff are more European, more conservative and more "Roman" than...

Discreet papal campaign began before pope shock

August 24, 2021 at 4:15 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict may have shocked the world by announcing his resignation on Monday, but some cardinals apparently started maneuvering for the succession as long as two...

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