Around 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, including 95 percent of the Polish population, are still waiting for a new Pope, after black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney, Wednesday. |
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Catholics around the world are watching the roof of the Vatican again to learn if their church has a new pope. If they see black smoke, that means the church's cardinals still haven't decided. White smoke and bells signal that a pope has been chosen. |
Catholics around the world are watching the roof of the Vatican again to learn if their church has a new pope. If they see black smoke, that means the church's cardinals still haven't decided. White smoke and bells signal that a pope has been chosen. |
Some older adults are taking jobs that they never trained for as young people, like recording audiobooks, refereeing sports and bartending. |
This time there was no doubt. There was no new pope yet, and the mystery of who was as thick as the heavy black smoke. |
CARDINAL ANGELO SCOLA: Scola is seen as Italy's best chance at reclaiming the papacy, following back-to-back pontiffs from outside the country that had a lock on the job for centuries. He's also one of the top names among all of the papal contenders. Scola, 71, has commanded both the pulpits of Milan's Duomo as archbishop and Venice's St. |
Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to elect the next pope amid more upheaval and uncertainty than the Catholic Church has seen in decades: There's no front-runner, no indication how long... |
To illustrate that life is a journey, one of the Italian cardinals touted as a favorite to be the next pope doesn't just turn to the Scriptures — but also to Jack Kerouac and Cormac McCarthy. |
Often cast as the social conscience of the church, Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson is viewed by many as the top African contender for pope. The 64-year-old head of the Vatican's peace and justice office was widely credited with helping to avert violence following contested Ghanaian elections. |
Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Tuesday, signaling that cardinals had failed on their first vote of the papal conclave to choose a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics and their troubled church. Surrounded by Michelangelo's imposing frescos imagining the beginning.... |
The miracle water, said to make bad luck disappear and unlock doors of blessings, prosperity and healing, was a hit with the seemingly desperate crowd. An elated church elder, South African Leka Mofokeng who says he was behind putting together all the logistics for the Gaborone crusade estimates.... |
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