Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost. / Credit: Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA CNA Staff, May 8, 2025 / 15:52 pm (CNA). Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, May 8 — the first pope from the United States.  Smiling and waving while wearing more traditional papal garb than his predecessor — and appearing to…

Deborah True. / Credit: Vero Beach Police Department CNA Staff, May 8, 2025 / 11:20 am (CNA). The former administrator of a Florida Catholic parish pleaded no contest in court this month to charges that she stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Vero Beach church years ago.  Prosecutors had alleged in 2022 that…

Indian Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad of the Syro-Malabar Church, official of the Secretariat of State and organizer of papal trips, was created a cardinal by Pope Francis during the consistory at St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 7, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, May 8, 2025 / 11:50 am (CNA). India’s Cardinal George Koovakad…

null / Credit: CNA Vatican City, May 8, 2025 / 12:11 pm (CNA). White smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel today at 6:09 p.m. Rome time, signaling the College of Cardinals has chosen a new pope. Of the 133 cardinals sequestered in the Vatican since May 7, one has now been elected…