by Steve Harmon | May 12, 2025 | Analysis
It’s Monday morning in Rome, the fifth day of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate. In a few hours, I’ll join other journalists for a press audience with the new pope. I’ll share more about that later today. But for now, there’s much to report from his first weekend as pope. We...
by Steve Harmon | May 9, 2025 | News
My last contribution to Good Faith Media before the conclave opened on Wednesday addressed the question, “Who Might Become Pope?” We now have the answer to that question. Robert Francis Prevost, age 69, was born in Chicago. He has been a cardinal serving as prefect of...
by Steve Harmon | May 8, 2025 | News
Editor’s Note: The following are live updates from Dr. Steve Harmon who is reporting on the papal conclave from the Vatican for Good Faith Media. At 6:08 p.m. in Rome (11:08 a.m. CST) today (Thursday, May 8), I was sitting in the Holy See Press Office briefing...
by Steve Harmon | May 8, 2025 | News
The first day of the papal conclave featured an initial round of voting by the cardinal electors. It ended, unsurprisingly, with black smoke issuing from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel. (The shortest conclave ever was in 1939, when Pope Pius XII was elected early...
by Steve Harmon | May 7, 2025 | Opinion
It’s Wednesday, March 7, the day the conclave to select the successor to Pope Francis commences. At 10:00 a.m. (4:00 a.m. EST), Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, led a public Mass “Pro Eligendo Pontifice” (“For the Election of the...