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What's in a name? New pope is Francis, saint of peace, poverty
VATICAN CITY (AP) — In choosing a name no other pope had ever taken, Pope Francis could be signaling that he sees the need for change in the Roman Catholic church. The name recalls two of the church's most famous saints. One is Francis of...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Benedict XVI, Vatican City, Italy, Social Issues
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Local groups pleased with papal selection
Roncalli fifth-graders were watching TV with a group of Presentation Sisters when the new pope greeted the world Wednesday afternoon. Before the name of the pontiff was announced, both groups quietly watched a large-screen TV in the Sisters' dining...Tags: Francis I, Rome (Italy), Religious Leaders
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Optimism, excitement mark election of new pope
Staff WriterLocal church officials and residents reacted with a sense of optimism Wednesday to the election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina to lead the Roman Catholic Church. Bergoglio was elected pope a little more than one month after his predecessor, Pope...Tags: Religion and Belief, Benedict XVI, Elections, Georgetown University, Religious Leaders
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White smoke heralds selection of new pope
VATICAN CITY -- White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, proclaiming the selection of a new pope by Roman Catholic cardinals on their second day of voting. The name of the man chosen to replace Pope Benedict XVI will be announced within...
Tags: Benedict XVI, Vatican City, Italy, Elections, Politics
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AP: Francis I elected Pope, becoming first pontiff from Americas
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Argentine Jorge Bergoglio was elected pope Wednesday and chose the papal name Francis, becoming first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. A stunned-looking Bergoglio shyly...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Voting, Benedict XVI, Francis I, John Paul II
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'The Borgias' upsets some in Italy as vote for new pope underway
VATICAN CITY -- An Italian television station is broadcasting the salacious show "The Borgias" during the papal election conclave, despite pressure from a Catholic group to drop it because of its unflattering depiction of the papacy and the effect it...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Benedict XVI, Jeremy Irons, Television, Roman Catholicism
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Cardinal Bergoglio chosen as new pope
VATICAN CITY -- Jorge Mario Bergoglio was named the 266th pope Wednesday, succeeding Benedict XVI as leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics and inheriting a global church that is growing in some parts of the world but faces serious...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief, Francis I, Benedict XVI, Vatican City
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Media myopia in Rome
WASHINGTON -- All things considered, I'd rather be in Rome. Isn't everyone? Tout le journalism monde has descended on Rome since Pope Benedict XVI's surprise retirement last month. The ensuing Vatican intrigue has been appropriately sumptuous: Was it the...Tags: Religion and Belief, Benedict XVI, Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues, Catholic Relief Services
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New pope: Los Angeles faithful eagerly await word
L.A. NOWAs white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel Wednesday morning, Catholics in Southern California were pleased to hear they had a new pontiff.... -
Election of first South American as pope excites local Catholics
Gail Liss, the front desk receptionist for Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, went to a dentist appointment at noontime Wednesday, confident that a new pope would not be chosen before she got back to work. Liss was wrong. While she sitting in the dentist...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Charles Street, Anglicanism, Education, Religious Education
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First reader thoughts on the first Pope Francis
Much of the punditocracy and news coverage in reaction to the election of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis I has focused on the novelty of placing the first Latin American and the first Jesuit -- and the first Francis -- on the...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief, Francis I, Belief and Faith, Elections
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