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Business Standard
14-05-2025
- Business Standard
'Peace be with you all': Pope Leo XIV shares first post in Instagram debut
Pope Leo XIV made his debut on Instagram on Tuesday, sharing photos from his early days as pontiff. In his first post, he quoted from his Urbi et Orbi blessing delivered after his election on May 8, writing: 'Peace be with you all!' 'This is the first greeting spoken by the Risen Christ, the Good Shepherd,' he wrote. 'I would like this greeting of peace to resound in your hearts, in your families, and among all people, wherever they may be, in every nation and throughout the world.' According to a press statement issued Tuesday by the Dicastery for Communication, Pope Leo XIV intends to maintain an active digital presence through the Vatican's official accounts on Instagram and X. The move continues a trend set by Pope Francis, who regularly used social media to share short, spiritually themed messages and visuals from papal events. His posts often touched on themes of peace, justice, and care for the environment. 'Pope Francis' messages provided near-daily accompaniment throughout his pontificate with short messages of an evangelical nature and exhortations in favor of peace, social justice, and care for creation,' the Dicastery stated. To preserve this legacy, posts from Pope Francis will be archived in a dedicated section of the Holy See's official website. Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, is the first American to ascend to the papacy. Despite his US origins, he is closely associated with Latin America due to his long missionary service in Peru. The 69-year-old pontiff revealed that he chose his papal name with assistance from artificial intelligence, drawing inspiration from Pope Leo XIII. The 19th-century pope is remembered for his landmark encyclical 'Rerum Novarum', which addressed workers' rights during the industrial revolution. 'I chose to take the name Leo XIV. There are different reasons for this, but mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic Encyclical 'Rerum Novarum' addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution,' Pope Leo XIV explained, according to a Vatican transcript. He also likened the rise of AI to a modern industrial revolution and acknowledged its complex implications. 'In our own day, the church offers to everyone the treasury of her social teaching in response to another industrial revolution and to developments in the field of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defence of human dignity, justice and labour,' he said. [With agency inputs]
Sky News AU
08-05-2025
- General
- Sky News AU
Cardinal Robert Prevost revealed as Pope Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Prevost has made history after being elected as the first North American pope. In his opening Urbi et Orbi speech in the city of Rome, Pope Leo XIV as he will be known, spread his peace to all.
ITV News
06-05-2025
- General
- ITV News
Choosing a new pope: How the Vatican turns it's smoke signals black or white
Cardinals are set to gather in Rome's Sistine Chapel on Wednesday to form a conclave and vote for the next pope. For centuries, Conclave, meaning "with key" in Latin, has seen cardinals locked away until they agree on a new pope, ensuring the process is shrouded in secrecy and hidden from public view. So, how will people know when a new pope has been chosen? For those outside the chapel, the only sign comes from the smoke produced by burning the ballots on the chapel's roof after each round of voting. The colour of the smoke tells the story: black means no cardinal has secured the required two-thirds majority, while white signals that the cardinals have reached a consensus and elected a new pope. The tradition of using smoke dates back to the 1800s, but the first recorded use of white and black smoke to mark the result was at the 1903 Conclave. How is the smoke created? Inside the Sistine Chapel, two stoves are temporarily set up for the conclave, both connected to a flue - a pipe within a chimney - that leads the smoke up through the chapel roof and outside. The left stove is used to burn the ballots, while the other stove creates the smoke's colour. What gives the smoke its distinctive black or white colour? To create the different colours of smoke, specific chemicals are added during the burning process. After each voting session, chemicals are burned in the right stove to produce either a black or white colour for the smoke that is created in the left stove, where the ballots are burned. For black smoke, a chemical compound of potassium perchlorate, anthracene, and sulfur is used to make the smoke darker. To create the white smoke, a mixture of potassium chloride, lactose, and amber conifer resin is added to make it more visible. Shortly after a new pope is elected, he steps onto the Vatican balcony, framed by red curtains, where he will deliver his first apostolic blessing, known as the 'Urbi et Orbi' ('To the City and to the World'). This marks the end of the conclave process.
CNN
28-04-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Conclave: A visual guide to the secretive process of choosing a new pope
For centuries, the leader of the Catholic Church has been chosen in a highly secretive gathering known as 'conclave,' meaning 'with key' in Latin – a nod to how cardinals used to be locked in until a new pope was selected. Cardinals tasked with picking the next pontiff follow an elaborate process with roots in the Middle Ages. The rituals as we know them today have been subsequently revised by successive popes. The bulk of the modern rulebook that cardinals follow was overhauled by John Paul II in the 1996 Apostolic constitution known as 'Universi Dominici Gregis,' with a few further adjustments by Benedict XVI. Once the date is set, the cardinal electors head to the home of conclave – the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. A candidate needs two-thirds of the votes cast to be elected. From solemn oaths to intricate voting procedures and the famed white smoke, here's how the centuries-old process unfolds. Shortly after, the new pope steps onto the balcony, framed by red curtains, and delivers his first apostolic blessing, known as the 'Urbi et Orbi' ('To the City and to the World'). This brings the intricate process of conclave to an end. The days ahead will see the new pontiff attend his inauguration Mass, which usually takes place at St. Peter's Basilica, before assuming his duties as the head of the Catholic Church.
CNN
28-04-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Conclave: A visual guide to the secretive process of choosing a new pope
For centuries, the leader of the Catholic Church has been chosen in a highly secretive gathering known as 'conclave,' meaning 'with key' in Latin – a nod to how cardinals used to be locked in until a new pope was selected. Cardinals tasked with picking the next pontiff follow an elaborate process with roots in the Middle Ages. The rituals as we know them today have been subsequently revised by successive popes. The bulk of the modern rulebook that cardinals follow was overhauled by John Paul II in the 1996 Apostolic constitution known as 'Universi Dominici Gregis,' with a few further adjustments by Benedict XVI. Once the date is set, the cardinal electors head to the home of conclave – the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. A candidate needs two-thirds of the votes cast to be elected. From solemn oaths to intricate voting procedures and the famed white smoke, here's how the centuries-old process unfolds. Shortly after, the new pope steps onto the balcony, framed by red curtains, and delivers his first apostolic blessing, known as the 'Urbi et Orbi' ('To the City and to the World'). This brings the intricate process of conclave to an end. The days ahead will see the new pontiff attend his inauguration Mass, which usually takes place at St. Peter's Basilica, before assuming his duties as the head of the Catholic Church.
