The Fight Over the World’s Oldest Bank
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena is the world’s oldest bank. It has survived the rise and fall of the ...
Tag: Roman Catholic Church
At the A.I. Epicenter, Technologists Dismiss Pope Leo’s Warnings About the New Technology
When Pope Leo XIV presented a 42,300-word open letter to the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics on Monday, calling for protections ...
As A.I. Fever Rises in Silicon Valley, Pope Leo Has a Few Words
Silicon Valley has always had messianic dreams, dating back to the days when computers filled entire rooms.One of the oldest ...
Pope Leo XIV Calls for News Media to Shun Divisive Language
Pope Leo XIV used his first audience with the press on Monday to appeal to journalists to help cool the ...
For Catholics, the Pope Is a Holy Father. For the World, He Is a Powerful Voice
Just days into the papacy of Leo XIV, the new pope has begun to lay out his vision for how ...
Live Updates: Leo XIV Renews Call for Peace in Meeting With Journalists
The Rev. Gosbert Rwezahura opened Mass on Sunday morning by saying what everyone in the pews was thinking. “Habemus papam!” ...
Pope Leo Is Celebrated in the Peruvian City Where He Served as Bishop
The ceremony to honor Pope Leo XIV in the Peruvian city where he served as bishop for roughly eight years ...
How a Quiet American Cardinal Became Pope
The cardinals electing a new pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church left the Sistine Chapel exhausted and hungry.A meditation ...
Pope Leo XIV Calls for End to War in First Sunday Blessing as Pontiff
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday returned to the balcony where he was presented to the world as the new leader ...
How Front Pages Around the World Covered the Selection of Pope Leo XIV
Newspapers around the world on Friday covered the election of a new pope, Robert Francis Prevost, who took the name ...
World Catholics See the First American Pope as Hardly American
The surprising election of the first American pope felt fraught and disorienting to Roman Catholics around the world, who had ...
Pope Leo XIV Outlines Path for Catholic Church That Follows in Francis’ Steps
In his first formal address to Roman Catholic cardinals, Pope Leo XIV on Saturday said he would continue the work ...
Pope Leo XIV Aligns Himself With ‘Ordinary People’ in His First Mass
Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States, presided over his first Mass as leader of 1.4 billion Roman ...
Pope Leo’s Creole Roots Evoke Sense of Connection From Some Catholics of Color
When Pope Leo XIV emerged on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as the new head of the Catholic Church ...
Live Updates: Leo XIV’s Service to Poor Propelled Him to Papacy, Cardinals Say
The new pope, Leo XIV, has spent most of his life as a friar in the Order of St. Augustine, ...
Live Updates: Leo XIV Vows to Lift Up ‘Ordinary People’ in 1st Mass as Pope
In Pope Leo XIV’s first homily on Friday, he put himself squarely on the side of “ordinary people,” and against ...
Live Updates: Black Smoke Signals That Cardinals Still Haven’t Chosen a Pope
Anticipation had been building in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday morning as people started to think in earnest that the ...
No Pope Elected in Conclave’s First Vote
After the men who will select the next pope were locked inside the Sistine Chapel without cellphones on Wednesday, the ...
Live Updates: Papal Conclave Enters 2nd Day
The conclave to elect the next pope is now underway at the Vatican. The cardinals — the prelates who are ...
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