2+ hour, 48+ min ago  (1482+ words) (CNN) " Here is a look at the life of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Birth date: April 16, 1927 Death date: December 31, 2022 Birth place: Marktl am Inn, Germany Birth name: Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger Father: Joseph Ratzinger, police officer Education: University of Munich, Ph.D. Theology,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (237+ words) (CNN) " Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist. It's an event that the Vatican, and the pope, are treating with caution. But the appearance…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (565+ words) A few days before the conclave started, I interviewed Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the retired archbishop of Bombay and a hugely respected figure across the Church in Asia. Could there be an American pope, I asked? In the past, he said,…...

1+ mon, 16+ hour ago  (285+ words) (CNN) " "Conclave" the movie provides a gripping, if fictional, behind-the-scenes look inside the secretive election of a new pope. But last year's real-life conclave was just as dramatic, with plenty of plot twists, political battles among cardinals and a surprise…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (441+ words) By Christopher Lamb and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) " The remains of St. Francis of Assisi have gone on public display for the first time, marking 800 years since the saint's death. The skeleton of the saint was exhumed from its sarcophagus…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (376+ words) (CNN) " Beware of the AI chatbot that becomes more than just a friend, or worse, an emotional crutch. Pope Leo XIV has warned about overly "affectionate" chatbots, urging regulation to prevent humans from forming serious emotional bonds with their AI…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (654+ words) Rome (CNN) " Pope Leo XIV celebrated the first Christmas since his election by denouncing the suffering of people of Gaza " taking shelter in tents from the "rain, wind and cold" " and by calling for the guns to fall silent in…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1081+ words) By Lisa Morrow, CNN "anliurfa, Turkey (CNN) " Under the shadow of a centuries-old castle in "anl'urfa, in southeastern Turkey, black-spotted golden carp swim in turquoise pools. Tradition holds they were created after Mesopotamian king Nemrut bin Kenan threw the Prophet…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (567+ words) (CNN) " Pope Leo XIV on Friday appointed Bishop Richard Moth, who regularly speaks out on social concerns such as prisons, as the new Archbishop of Westminster, the most senior Catholic Cleric in England and Wales. The appointment of Bishop Moth,…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (781+ words) (CNN) " Pope Leo has appointed a new archbishop of New York who has first-hand experience of countries from where millions have emigrated to the United States, signaling the potential for a more outspoken approach from bishops on immigration. The pope…...