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18 days ago

The Pope Leo XIV effect: Rome hopes for papal blessings of a US tourist boom

Traders anticipating increase in high-spending Americans are already working up Leo-themed beers and ice-creams

Even before the chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel emitted its last puff of white smok…

24 days ago

Pope Leo holds first mass as pontiff in Sistine Chapel

New leader says he wants a Catholic church that ‘illuminates the dark nights of this world’

  • Pope Leo XIV’s first day – live updates

Pope Leo XIV said he hoped to lead a Roman Catholic church “that illu…

25 days ago

Pope Leo XIV to hold his first mass as pontiff as Catholics around the world celebrate – live

Pope will hold private mass in the Sistine Chapel at 0900 GMT, during which he will give his first papal homily

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We’d like to hear your thoughts about the first clergyman from the US to lead the Roman Catholic church

Robert Francis Prevost, from Chicago, has become the first American pope to lead the Roman Catho…

What will the new Pope be like? He’s chosen to be called Leo: that’s no accident | Catherine Pepinster

Popes who take that name tend to be progressive reformers. If Trump and JD Vance think they have an ally in the Vatican, I think not

  • Catherine Pepinster is a former editor of The Tablet

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White smoke from Sistine Chapel chimney signals election of new pope

Bells of St Peter’s ring out and thousands of pilgrims and tourists applaud in Vatican City

Thick white smoke billowed from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signalling to the world th…

A new Pope is chosen: White smoke finally rises from the Sistine Chapel as cardinals elect the next pontiff in third conclave vote

Hailing from 70 different countries, the 133-strong group of cardinals gathered in the Vatican for the centuries old-ritual to elect the 267th pontiff following the death of Pope Francis last month.

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