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Two Brazilian nuns have gone viral after dropping an impromptu beatbox and dance session during a Catholic television program.
"Even though we didn’t actually see the smoke or see the new pope, the feeling of being there, it was in everybody's heart.
Preaching for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year C, Fr. Bill Gabriel, O.S.A., finds resonance in his homily between the risen Christ’s parting words—“Peace be with you”—and Pope Leo XIV’s call for “an ...
In its two-millennium history, the papacy has been occupied exclusively by men, predominantly Europeans except for Francis ...
The roar that erupted when white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney is something I'll never forget. The earth beneath my feet shook as the bells of the ancient basilica tolled. And then ...
Robert Prevost, now the new pope, probably attended Villanova basketball games in the '70s.
“The only smoke that worked out in their favor was the cigar smoke they had at their receptions,” said Christopher White, the ...
On May 8, Father Thomas Joseph White, the American rector of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, was at St.
Catholic school students and teachers across the Archdiocese of Atlanta assembled in classrooms and cafeterias to watch the ...
Not long after the white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City and news broke that Robert Prevost had become the first head of the Catholic church to hail from the United ...
As the head of an ancient religious organization that spans millennia, the pope's talk about AI creates a somewhat ...
Pope Leo XIV is a Villanova alum from Chicago. And with that, bettors believe that Chicago sports teams could have 'a higher power' on their side. Patrick Everson tells the story.