I was there when white smoke rose, Pope was chosen
Mar 14, 2013
Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio from Argentina elected new Pope
Mar 14, 2013
White smoke: New Pope elected at the Vatican
Mar 13, 2013
Indian cardinal at Vatican vote for new Pope
Mar 12, 2013
Pope Francis quips he did not want the job
Agence France Presse | Friday June 7, 2013
Pope Francis joked about the difficulties of being head of the world's Catholics saying he never wanted the job on Friday in unscripted comments in which he also said he had turned down luxury Vatican housing because it would be "boring".
Pope Francis did not intend to perform any exorcism: Vatican
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday May 22, 2013
The Vatican on Tuesday denied that Pope Francis had performed an exorcism after an Italian religious television channel said footage of the pontiff blessing a boy in a wheelchair showed he had.
Pope Francis canonises first saints of his reign
Reuters | Sunday May 12, 2013
Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed as saints some 800 Italians killed in the 15th century for refusing to convert to Islam, and said many Christians were still being persecuted for their faith.
Pope Francis gives church hundreds of new saints
Associated Press | Sunday May 12, 2013
Pope Francis has given the Catholic church hundreds of new saints as he leads a canonisation ceremony in St Peter's Square.
Former Pope Benedict returns to Vatican to live out retirement
Reuters | Friday May 3, 2013
Benedict XVI moved back to the Vatican on Thursday, opening an uncertain era in Catholic Church history where an "emeritus pope" and a ruling pontiff will live as neighbours for the first time.
Press Trust of India | Saturday April 13, 2013
India's Oswald Gracias was among eight high-ranking cardinals from around the world who were today appointed by Pope Francis in an advisory council to look into ways of reforming the Vatican bureaucracy.
The vehicular side of the Vatican
Benjamin Preston, The New York Times | Saturday March 23, 2013
As the newly installed pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis will often be seen greeting the world from the back of a rather peculiar vehicle. It's taken many shapes over the last three decades, but the classification is one we've become...
Pope Francis tells Benedict: "We're brothers"
Associated Press | Saturday March 23, 2013
Pope Francis travelled on Saturday to this hill town south of Rome to have lunch with his "brother" and predecessor Benedict XVI, a historic and potentially problematic melding of the papacies that has never before confronted the Catholic Church.
What might two popes discuss over lunch?
Associated Press | Saturday March 23, 2013
Crowds gathered in the central square of this hill town south of Rome to catch a glimpse of history: Two popes meeting for lunch and presumably discussing the future of the Catholic Church together.
Pope Francis prepares historic meet with predecessor Benedict XVI
Agence France-Presse | Saturday March 23, 2013
Pope Francis prepared to go face to face with his predecessor Benedict XVI on Saturday in a historic meeting between two men with very different styles but important core similarities.
Men in White: Pope set for historic meet with predecessor
Agence France-Presse | Thursday March 21, 2013
Pope Francis is preparing for a historic encounter with his predecessor Benedict XVI on Saturday - the first time in Church history that a pontiff will come face to face with a former one, with both expected to wear the papal white vestments.
Men in White: Pope set for historic meet with predecessor
Agence France-Presse | Thursday March 21, 2013
Pope Francis is preparing for a historic meeting with his predecessor Benedict XVI on Saturday -- the first time a pontiff will meet a former one since the Middle Ages, with both expected to wear the papal white vestments.
New soles for Pope? Rome's Borgo's the go-to place
Associated Press | Wednesday March 20, 2013
When a future pope needed new soles, he strolled to a shoe repair shop practically around the corner from the Vatican. When he was pope and nearing retirement, he had the same shoemaker craft a pair of comfy, calfskin slippers.
Pope has probably not read 'Vatileaks' report yet, Vatican says
Reuters | Tuesday March 19, 2013
Pope Francis already has access to a top secret report about a leaks scandal that rocked the Catholic Church last year but most probably has not yet read it, the Vatican said on Monday.
'Pope Francis will be a great pope -- if they let him,' pilgrims say
Agence France-Presse | Sunday March 17, 2013
Tens of thousands of pilgrims thronged St Peter's Square on Sunday to see Pope Francis at his first Angelus appearance, but some were worried that this mould-breaking pontiff could come up against powerful vested interests in the Vatican.
