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Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
When Is Pope Leo's Inauguration?
Once we knew the new pontiff's name (and nationality), the next question inevitably became: When is the papal inauguration? While there is no fixed rule requiring a certain gap between conclave and inauguration, it typically occurs within a week. After Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected on March 13, 2013, he was inaugurated as Pope Francis I on March 19. Benedict XVI was elected on April 19, 2005, and his inauguration took place five days later on April 24. The timing allows the pope to prepare for public ministry and to meet with senior Vatican officials before formally beginning his role. The inauguration mass then marks the official start of the new papacy and draws a large global audience, with more than 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, according to the Vatican. Breaking with tradition ever-so-slightly, the break between conclave and the formal inauguration will be a bit longer. The papal inauguration for Pope Leo XIV, née Robert Prevost, will take place this Sunday, May 18. Pope Leo, the first American pope, was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1955. He is also an alumnus of Philadelphia's Villanova University. That's all to say: Time zone conversions are going to be key for American Catholics eager to witness the crowning of the new head of the Roman Catholic Church. Truly embracing the digital age, the Vatican made it relatively easy to follow along with the conclave to elect the new pope this month with a 24/7 livestream on YouTube. Vatican News, the official news source for the Holy See, broadcasts in multiple languages, including English. The outlet's YouTube page has already been broadcasting a number of events live and making them available to watch later, such as Pope Leo's first mass as pontiff on May 9 and his address from St. Peter's Balcony the day prior. There will be a free livestream of the papal inauguration with a replay available later. Similar to the funeral of Pope Francis, you can expect that all the major news networks will be broadcasting live from Vatican City. If you can't watch on TV, most networks make their live feeds available online by logging into your respective streaming account. Americans should prepare themselves for an early day, wherever they are stateside, but time zones closer to the Atlantic have an advantage. Rome and Vatican City are six hours ahead of New York and nine hours ahead of Los Angeles, just to give you an idea. The mass itself is expected to start at 10 a.m. Central European Time (CET), but the news networks will start coverage at least an hour sooner, following his trip from the papal residence to St. Peter's Square. Here's when coverage for Pope Leo's papal inauguration is expected to start by U.S. time zones: Eastern Time: 3:00 a.m. Central Time: 2:00 a.m. Mountain Time: 1:00 a.m. Pacific Time: 12:00 a.m. (midnight) Alaska Time: 11:00 p.m. (Saturday, May 17) Hawaii-Aleutian Time: 9:00 p.m. (Saturday, May 17) You Might Also Like 12 Weekend Getaway Spas For Every Type of Occasion 13 Beauty Tools to Up Your At-Home Facial Game
IOL News
12-05-2025
- Politics
- IOL News
Pope Francis was the voice of solidarity against indifference
St Mary's Cathedral in Cape Town recently held a special mass in honour of Pope Francis. He has been remembered as a leader who gave 'clear guidance in a complex and polarised political world. Will the College of Cardinals honor Francis's legacy of prophetic discomfort, or will they retreat to the safety of the pre‑Francis status quo, asks the writer. Ali Ridha Khan THE death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday at his residence in the Casa Santa Marta marks more than the end of a papacy—it signals the loss of one of the last global moral voices willing to name power by name. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the first Latin American, first Jesuit, and first non-European pope in over a millennium, died at 07:35 CEST at age 88, leaving the Vatican—and the wider world—at a crossroads. Elected in March 2013 as Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, his 12‑year papacy reoriented the Church toward the margins—residing in a guesthouse, decrying the 'dung of the devil' in unbridled capitalism, and elevating climate justice, migrant rights, and the dignity of LGBTQ+ people. His humility and insistence on solidarity made him an emblem of conscience precisely when authoritarianism and ethno‑nationalism have surged worldwide. Over the past twelve years, Francis harnessed the pulpit of St. Peter's Basilica to champion causes that too often hindered on the altar of expediency. He condemned unbridled capitalism as the 'dung of the devil,' decried the dehumanising logic of Fortress Europe, and gave institutional weight to climate justice, economic equality, and the rights of migrants and LGBTQ+ people. His encyclical Laudato Si' reframed ecological collapse as a moral crisis; his unprecedented call for civil unions signalled a Church slowly inching toward tenderness over dogma; his forthright denunciations of colonial violence—most notably in Palestine and Indigenous Canada—revealed a pontiff unafraid to confront history's bleeding wounds. Francis's legacy extended far beyond Catholicism. On October 16, 2018, he received Grand Imam Ahmad al‑Tayyeb of Al‑Azhar University at the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta, an encounter meant to heal centuries of mistrust between Christianity and Sunni Islam. A few months later, at the Abu Dhabi Interfaith Forum on February 4, 2019, they signed the Document on Human Fraternity—a blueprint for 'peaceful coexistence and dialogue' that envisioned religion as a force against violence and division. His historic March 6, 2021, pilgrimage to Iraq brought him to the humble home of Grand Ayatollah Ali al‑Sistani in Najaf. In that closed‑door meeting, Francis urged Iraq's Shia leadership to protect the country's beleaguered Christian minority and to embrace pluralism in the cradle of Abrahamic faiths. It was a living affirmation that true ecumenism demands not mere tolerance, but mutual responsibility. In his final days, Francis's symbolic reach extended even to occupied Jerusalem—where, on April 18, 2025, Israeli police erected checkpoints around the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, barring thousands of Palestinian Christians from the Holy Fire ceremony and, most egregiously, denying entry to Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, the Apostolic Delegate and Vatican Ambassador to Palestine. This militarised blockade stands as a last, bitter insult: a desecration not just of sacred stone, but of the very spirit of Francis's plea for 'fragile peace' in the Holy Land. Now, as the College of Cardinals prepares to enter conclave no sooner than May 6, the question looms: will Rome install a cautious caretaker or a successor bold enough to continue Francis's prophetic discomfort? With nationalist strongmen from Modi to Meloni, and a possible Trump redux capitalising on religious tribalism, the next pontiff's stance on empire and inequality will carry immense weight. The rituals that follow his death—sealed apartments, funerary rites, the fumigation of St. Peter's—culminate in a vote that could either entrench a retreat to centrist acquiescence or sustain a challenge to the world's rising right-wing currents. His passing, however, arrives at a moment of acute peril. Gaza's children lie beneath the rubble of relentless bombardment; the Sahel and Sudan fracture under proxy wars; nationalist strongmen from Modi to Meloni to a looming Trump redux traffic in xenophobia and religious tribalism. In a political landscape where spiritual authority has often ceded ground to ethno-nationalist idolatry, Francis stood as one of the few global figures to articulate the interlocking crises of empire, ecology, and inequality. Without him, the temptation for the Vatican to retreat into centrist caution grows more real. Yet Rome's ancient bureaucracy now faces its greatest test: the conclave. Under Universi Dominici Gregis, cardinals may begin voting no sooner than May 6—fifteen days after the sede vacante—and must choose whether to replenish the papal throne with quiet moderates or a successor bold enough to keep naming systemic sin. Will the College of Cardinals honor Francis's legacy of prophetic discomfort, or will they retreat to the safety of the pre‑Francis status quo? In the vacuum left by his death, it falls to progressive movements, and communities of conscience—rooted in anti-colonial struggle—to amplify the questions Francis raised. If the next pope fails to speak truth to empire, then let us raise our voices from below, insisting that faith without justice is a hollow ritual, and that silence in the face of atrocity is complicity. Francis's white cassock may be folded away, but the moral demands he laid upon us remain: to choose solidarity over indifference, to challenge the forces that commodify human lives, and to believe that another world—one built on equity, compassion, and shared stewardship of this planet—is still possible. In that hope, his legacy endures. Khan is a fellow at the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Austin Catholic community mourns death of Pope Francis
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The news of Pope Francis' passing is widespread Monday morning. Argentine-born Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope in 2013. Many Catholic schools and church offices were already closed for Easter Monday and had previously planned mass services throughout the day. This former Dallas bishop will lead process of selecting a new pope 'After an important day for the church on [Sunday] to hear of his passing was sad for the whole church,' Carla Sanchez said as she left an early Monday morning mass. 'I think he did so much for the church and we should be forever grateful.' Father James Misko, who is serving as Diocesan Administrator in Austin, will be celebrating noon mass at Saint Mary Catholic Cathedral 'for the repose of the soul of the holy father.' Saint Mary, located in downtown Austin off 10th Street, is the mother church for the Diocese of Austin. Misko issued the following statement: Brothers and sisters: As we hear of the passing of our Holy Father, Pope Francis, we unite in prayerful thanksgiving for his just over 12 years of faithful service to the Universal Church as the successor to St. Peter. Ever devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary and with her intercession, his commitment to social justice and a deep care for the poor and those on the peripheries of society will remain among his many legacies. The first pontiff from the Americas, Pope Francis brought a new perspective to the papacy, humbly saying to the crowds in St. Peter's square the night of his election, 'It seems that my brother cardinals have gone to the ends of the earth to get one (a Pope), but here we are'. I ask the people of the Diocese of Austin to join in prayer with the Universal Church and all people of goodwill to express our gratitude to God for the life of Pope Francis. We pray that our Holy Father, who has been received in the arms of our Lord will now rest from his earthly labors and hear the words, 'Well done, my good and faithful servant (Mt. 25:21).' Through the intercession of Mary, under her title of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, we ask that God receive Pope Francis into his presence forever. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen. The Diocese of Austin is currently without a Bishop, as of March 25. Its former Bishop, Joe Vasquez, is now the Archbishop of Galveston-Houston. Since the Pope appoints new Bishops to a diocese, Vasquez's replacement in Austin will be prolonged until the new Pope is appointed. The Diocese of Austin said there are more than 700,000 Catholics in the Central Texas area. The diocese covers a wide area from Bell County to San Marcos and College Station. The diocese posted on Facebook early Monday in remembrance of Pope Francis. 'Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was elected the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13, 2013. Today, we mourn his passing,' the post said. 'Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen.' In 2022, the Pope blessed the Diocese of Austin for its 75th anniversary. This story will be updated. Check back for more. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Kiwiblog
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Kiwiblog
RIP Pope Francis
Pope Francis has died aged 88. He was Pope for 12 years, a Cardinal for 24 years, Archbishop for 27 years and a Bishop for 32 years. He was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio and was the first Jesuit Pope. He was also the first non European Pope in 1300 years. The 115th papal conclave to elect the 267th pope will convene in the next few days with 135 cardinal electors, so 90 votes needed to elect the new Pope. The first papal conclave was in 1276. The Dean of the College of Cardinals would normally preside over the papal conclave but Cardinal Re is 91 years and Cardinal Sandri the vice Dean is 81 years old so the presiding Cardinal may be Cardinal Prevost from Chicago.
The Independent
08-05-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
What's in a name for a newly-elected pope?
As the Catholic faithful await their new pope, cardinals might well be pondering names they would choose should they be picked as the next pontiff. When asked if he accepts his election as pope, the new leader of the Catholic Church is also asked about how he would like to be known to the world. The late Pope Francis was clear from the beginning of his papacy about how he wanted to lead the Church. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he picked Francis – associating himself with the much-loved Italian saint who focused on peace, poverty and simplicity. His 12-year reign of the Church, ending with his death on Easter Monday, was characterised by social outreach, urging people to remember the poor and the marginalised and speaking out against war. Catholic commentator, Joe Ronan, said: 'If you were going to change your name you would want to change your name for a particular reason and you would want to make a particular point with it.' He said generally popes picking a name are likely to choose one of someone they have admired or want to emulate. 'I think that's very much where these names are coming from and which is of course why they're significant,' he said. 'It's the first indication of what the direction of the papacy might be.' While he added that it could also be possible someone simply likes a particular name, he said that 'generally there'll be some form of a devotion to a particular person or somebody with a particular style.' A new pope, as supreme leader of the Church, can choose to keep his own name as there are no set rules on changing it. Mr Ronan, who works with the Catholic Voices media charity, said the tradition of choosing a papal name only began in the 500s. He recalled a pope called Mercurius whose name was 'a little close to the Roman God Mercury, so he probably thought 'that's not a good idea' so he actually took the name John and became John II.' John has been the most popular name, with Pope John the 23rd the most recent of these. Others such as Gregory and Benedict have been chosen multiple times too. Only two have double-barrelled their chosen names – John Paul I and John Paul II. There is a name that has never been chosen and is unlikely ever to be picked – Peter. Saint Peter was the Church's first Pope, and all those after him are seen as chosen successors. 'I don't think anybody that would be pope would take it upon himself to call himself Peter.' He said 'they wouldn't be demonstrating humility' if they did. Another unlikely name would be Joseph – the name of Jesus's earthly father. 'If somebody went for Benedict now, which is a popular name, the immediate assumption might be that they would want to be more theologically-based, like Benedict the XVI – but there are 15 other Benedicts. 'So it is a very personal choice and it is a very indicative choice.'
