White smoke has flowed from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel – but the pontiff’s name has yet to be announced
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Black smoke reveals no new pope yet from first papal conclave vote
Papal conclave in Rome fails to elect new leader as police raid dents chances of frontrunner Cardinal Angelo Scola
Papal conclave: anti-mafia police raid offices in diocese of frontrunner
Cardinals urged to overcome divisions at special mass shortly after detectives mount dawn raids in diocese of Angelo Scola
Cardinals to begin papal conclave with no obvious favourite
Field remains open as Pope Benedict’s unexpected resignation leaves cardinals without any obvious ‘papabile’ leaders
Vatican report hidden from the cardinals electing the next pope
Before the conclave, Benedict XVI ordered an inquiry into Vatican leaks. Now the men who will choose his successor demand its full disclosure
Flocks and shepherds
As a conclave gathers to elect a pope, many in the Catholic church want change
After the party
No clear end is in sight to Italy’s electoral stalemate
As media feeding frenzies go …
… this one has to be in the premier league. Beppe Grillo leaves a Rome hotel after meeting for the first time with the parliamentarians elected for the Five Star Movement, which now holds the balance of power in Italy
Italy’s next Prime Minister (???) greets the media
Beppe Grillo, besieged by journalists in his seaside Tuscan villa following his Five Star Movement’s extraordinary performance in this week’s election, makes brief ‘appearance’ … Or maybe it’s someone else.
M5S says it will not help form Italian government
Gianroberto Casaleggio hints Five Star Movement could offer limited support to minority government made up of other parties