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Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the new pope and leader of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday. En español:Quién es Robert Prevost, el nuevo Papa León XIV de la Iglesia CatólicaPrevost, now Pope Leo XIV, appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica around 70 minutes after white smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel. He is the 267th pope.Here’s what to know about the new American pope:Breaking NewsGet the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond.American BornRobert Prevost was born in Chicago in 1955. “I was born in the United States … But my grandparents…
Separate bills making their way through the Texas Legislature have banks and consumer advocates on edge, posing challenges to the state’s financial infrastructure and its pro-business bent. At issue are two sets of bills regulating credit card processing fees, which collectively set a record of nearly $188 billion last year, according to Nielsen Report data. While they can cost individuals hundreds of dollars per year in transaction fees, that money helps fund credit card perks and rewards programs that consumers have embraced.Texas’ efforts to regulate the fees may seem in the weeds, but some critics say the downstream effects could…
The Academy of Country Music Awards — colloquially dubbed country’s “party of the year” — kick off in Frisco today. The star-studded affair takes place at 7 p.m. at the Ford Center at The Star and will be hosted by Reba McEntire for the 18th time. For those tuning in remotely, the show will be livestreamed on Prime Video and Amazon Music’s Twitch channel.Performers will walk the red carpet this afternoon and The Dallas Morning News will be stationed there to chat with country’s biggest names and capture any eye-grabbing looks. The red carpet show will be streamed on Twitch…
People warned Rene Ramirez his fight to save El Milagro Ranch was lost long before it started.The powerful state of Texas would take his property – ranchland that had been in his family for eight generations – plow it over and build a divided four-lane highway. There wasn’t much left to argue, they said, except to negotiate the best price possible and accept the heartbreak. Then a curious thing happened. Ramirez won. And it’s a victory that could inspire far-reaching consequences for property owners across Texas.Relying on a strategy of persistence, strong political alliances and an unwavering commitment to his…
North Texas’ Catholic community reacted with surprise and excitement to Thursday’s news that Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Related:Watch live coverage: Who is the new pope? American Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIVPrevost, 69, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and led the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, took the name Leo XIV.Ron Rombs, dean and director of the University of Dallas Rome Program, said he was in his office at the University of Dallas’ Rome campus when he heard the news of…
American Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the new pope and leader of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost took the name Leo XIV. (Scroll down to watch live coverage from Rome.)Pope Leo, wearing the traditional red cape of the papacy, appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica about 70 minutes after white smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel. “Peace be with you,” he said in his first words as pope, offering a message of peace and dialogue “without fear.”Aged 69 and originally…
VATICAN CITY — Black smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel again on Thursday morning as cardinals failed to agree on a successor to Pope Francis after two more rounds of conclave voting.The black smoke poured out at 11:50 a.m. Rome time after the second and third ballots to elect a pope to lead the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church.With no one securing the necessary two-thirds majority, or 89 votes, the 133 cardinals will return to the Vatican residences where they are being sequestered. They will have lunch and then return to the Sistine Chapel for the afternoon voting…
Robert Preston Morris, the founder of Dallas-area megachurch Gateway, was indicted in March on five counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child, according to a March 12 news release from the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office. Related:Will Robert Morris child abuse charges stick? Lawyers say statute of limitations is keyMorris’ initial court appearance is scheduled for May 9 at 10 a.m., according to a spokesperson for Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond. Morris is scheduled for a “pre-preliminary hearing” Friday, according to Osage County court records. At the hearing, attorneys have the opportunity to negotiate a plea bargain offer, and…
In the backyard of Paul Longoria’s Oak Cliff home, sparkling lowriders glide past a barber shop and taco joint before hopping along a parking lot. There’s even a gas station, police cars and palm trees with the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in the distance. How is this possible? It’s a track for miniature lowriders that fits within about 220 square feet. Longoria designed the track to reflect Jefferson Boulevard, which is filled with real-life lowriders every Sunday.“We have a big lowrider culture here. So I mean this is where the home of the lowriders is in Dallas, Oak Cliff,” said…
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Maybe Nico Harrison knew what he was doing.There may not have been enough room in the city of Dallas for two superstars of this caliber.Each night the Dallas Stars play, Mikko Rantanen continues to fill the Luka Doncic-sized hole in the hearts of sports fans across the city. He’s quickly making a case to be the city’s biggest superstar.Rantanen, whom the Stars acquired from the Carolina Hurricanes exactly two months ago, recorded a single-period hat trick for the second consecutive game, leading the Stars to a 3-2 victory in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series against…