For whom the white smoke calls
The setting for the papal conclave is as stunning as ever, but the spectacle now fails to obscure the difficult questions for the faithful and those who would lead them.
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Compassionate to single mothers but against gay marriage, open to other faiths but opposed to contraception. Channel 4 News examines the contradictions of the Latin American Pope Francis I.
With Catholics worldwide celebrating the election of Pope Francis, political and relegious leaders welcome the new leader of the world’s largest Christian church.
Allegations of corruption within the church, child abuse scandals, priestly celibacy, and the rise of militant Islam – just some of the major issues confronting Pope Francis as he begins his papacy.
A replacement for Pope Benedict should be chosen soon. How will he be elected and what is the significance of black and white smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel roof?
Jorge Mario Bergoglio is chosen as Latin America’s first pontiff and will be known as Pope Francis I.
All 115 runners and riders lined up in the paddock of the Basilica to celebrate Mass, all dressed in splendid red and white, writes Jonathan Rugman in Rome.
The setting for the papal conclave is as stunning as ever, but the spectacle now fails to obscure the difficult questions for the faithful and those who would lead them.
As the quest for a new Pope enters its second day, watch Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow take to the streets of the Vatican City to find out what sort of leader people want.
It will be letting the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics down if this conclave does not choose a pontiff who breathes new life into the institution.
Cardinals hold final discussions on the state of the Roman Catholic church, the day before they seclude themselves from the world to elect a new pontiff.
“I am no longer the Pope, I am just a pilgrim,” declares Pope Benedict XVI as he leaves Vatican City in a white helicopter and steps down from office.
Pope Benedict XVI delivers a personal final farewell to thousands of people on Wednesday and alludes to the Church’s troubles, saying at times it felt like “God was sleeping”.
Britain’s most senior Catholic cleric resigns, hours after the Vatican announces plans to investigate claims of inappropriate behaviour.
Three priests and a former priest report the most senior Catholic clergyman in Britain, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, to the Vatican over allegations of inappropriate behaviour stretching back 30 years.
A call for priests to be allowed to wed by the UK’s most senior Roman Catholic will “raise some eyebrows” in the Vatican in the run-up to the election of the next Pope.