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The New Pope: Robert Francis Prevost of the United States, Who Takes the Name Leo XIV
He became a cardinal in 2023. Born in the United States in 1955, he belongs to the Order of Saint Augustine
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A New Pope Is Elected
They were quick about it
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And which theological school do you incline towards?
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Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel compared with an Easter service in an old Russian church
An impressive spectacle of cardinals in the Sistine Chapel. Yet, if we speak of the aesthetic side of the matter, the Easter service in any ancient Russian church looks considerably more majestic
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The conclave has begun, and the author hopes its sessions will be long
A reminder that the conclave has begun. I do hope they will sit there a good while longer and give the matter proper thought
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Bagrationovsk, Kaliningrad Region
Bagrationovsk, Kaliningrad Region. The Church of Saints Faith, Hope, Love and their Mother Sophia
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In 1620, in Marburg, two spiritual men who styled themselves prophets preached repentance and foretold that there would be one faith, that Turks and Jews would be converted to the Christian religion, but only after a terrible war, famine and plague, and t
Any day now, I suppose
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Conclave of 133 cardinals, 108 appointed by Francis, and the electors' countries
The conclave expected on 7 May will in many respects proceed in a new way, and thanks to the actions of Pope Francis. Throughout his pontificate, Francis refrained wherever possible from appointing cardinals from the traditional, long-established archdioceses, giving preference to ecclesiastical territories, many of which had never before
Faith · Art · Museums
Saint Margaret and the demon in dragon form in a painting with the Virgin Mary and Louis IX
An Incredibly Terrifying Dragon in a New Painting by an Unknown Artist in the National Gallery Collection. The Virgin and Child sit enthroned, the throne adorned with a tapestry of double-headed eagles. Beside them stand Saint Louis IX of France and Saint Margaret, astride a monster. According to tradition,
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Five days before the conclave, Italian and French media accuse Macron of interference
The Italian and French press continue to accuse Emmanuel Macron of meddling in the conclave. Conclave means, literally, "a locked room", and nobody is supposed to know what goes on behind its doors. Yet the veil of secrecy looks rather less impenetrable once one considers the quite unconcealed
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Saint Gabriel (Urgebadze) of Georgia burns a twelve-metre portrait of the godless Lenin during the May Day demonstration in Tbilisi in 1965
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