by Our Correspondent in London As Pope Francis battles double pneumonia in a Roman hospital, questions surrounding his potential successor have intensified. At 88 years old, with an increasingly fragile health condition,
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, has reaffirmed his strong opposition to same-sex marriage while urging Sri Lankans to uphold and protect the traditional family structure based on the union between a
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by Don Albert from Negombo Ah, nearly a week has passed, and dude Jude remains silent—no statement, no apology, not even a whispered confession (and no, not even in the confessional). Father
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Perched above the serene Lake Albano, Castel Gandolfo is once again preparing to host a pope after a 12-year hiatus, as newly elected Pope Leo XIV reinstates the centuries-old tradition of the
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A ruling by an Egyptian court has cast a shadow over the future of St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai — the world’s oldest continuously operating Christian monastic community — raising fears of
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In just ten days, Pope Leo XIV — the first American pontiff in history — has managed to inject the Vatican with a unique brand of charisma and cultural crossover. From cracking
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by Our Correspondent in London There are moments in history when the shadows cast by a single individual can stretch far beyond their own lifetime, poisoning the legacy of an entire institution.
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How I would like a Church which is poor and for the poor!” ~ Pope Francis Noster Novus Papa Pope Leo XIV—known in his secular identity as Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost—assumed the
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While the world awaited the outcome of the first round of voting in the papal conclave, an unlikely figure captured global attention: a seagull perched calmly next to the Vatican’s chimney, live-streamed
More by Our Correspondent in London Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was born on 14 September 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, to a family of mixed European and Latin American heritage.
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The moment white smoke billowed from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel, the world knew that the Cardinals had chosen a new Bishop of Rome. The age-old ritual, rich in symbolism and
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