The Next Pope - Special WAOW coverage - WAOW - Newsline 9, Wausau News, Weather, Sports
Member Center:
Right Now
In his most significant break with tradition yet, Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of two young women at a juvenile detention center -- a surprising departure from church rules that restrict the Holy Thursday ritual to men. More>>
The White House says President Barack Obama has sent a letter to the new pope. More>>
Pope Francis laid out the priorities of his pontificate during his installation Mass on Tuesday, urging the princes, presidents, sheiks and thousands of ordinary people attending to protect the environment, the weakest and the poorest and to let tenderness "open up a horizon of hope." More>>
Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, will attend Pope Francis' installation Mass -- the first time a patriarch from the Istanbul-based church has attended a papal investiture since the two branches of Christianity split nearly 1,000 years ago. More>>
Jewish leaders in Argentina are thrilled with the election of Pope Francis, whom they remember as a clergyman who always worked hard in their country to foster warm relations with other faiths. More>>
Pope Francis is mixing his Argentine past with his Roman present to create his new papal coat of arms, while harking back to a pope associated with the Second Vatican Council for the simple ring that he will receive during Tuesday's installation Mass. More>>
The Vatican is releasing details of the pope's installation Mass on Tuesday as well images of his coat of arms and fisherman's ring.
More>>
From "the end of the earth," the Catholic Church found a surprising new leader Wednesday, a pioneer pope from Argentina who took the name Francis, More>>
The election of Jorge Bergoglio as pope is a hit with some Wisconsin Catholics, who see his Argentinian roots as a hopeful sign of change. More>>
President Barack Obama is offering warm wishes to newly elected Pope Francis. More>>
Vice President Joe Biden will lead the U.S. delegation to newly elected Pope Francis' installation in Rome. More>>
Students at staff at Newman Catholic High School in Wausau have high hopes for the new church leader. More>>
Black smoke is billowing from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning Roman Catholic cardinals have not elected a pope in their second or third rounds of balloting. More>>
Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Tuesday, signaling that cardinals had failed on their first vote of the papal conclave to choose a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics and their troubled church. More>>
On the eve of their conclave to elect the next pope, Roman Catholic cardinals are offering widely differing views of what they want in a pope. More>>
VATICAN CITY (WXOW/AP) - Pope Benedict XVI's resignation opens the door to an array of possible successors. From the conservative cardinal of Milan to a contender from Ghana and several Latin Americans, as well as one from the La Crosse area. More>>
 | All content © Copyright 2000 - 2013 WorldNow and WAOW. All Rights Reserved. For more information on this site, please read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Persons with disabilities who need assistance with issues relating to the content of this station's public inspection file should contact Chief Engineer Russ Crass at 715-842-2251. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, at 888-835-5322 (TTY) or at fccinfo@fcc.gov. |
