Tag: Scherer

By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - Pope Francis will visit Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day (WYD) in July, he announced Sunday at an address to mark the beginning of Holy Week. Francis, the first Pope...

By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - The Catholic Church yesterday made history by selecting its first Latin American pope. The selection of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, from Argentina, over favorite from Brazil, São Paulo’s Cardinal Odilo Scherer,...