VATICAN CITY — United States of America's Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the new head of state of the Vatican and the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, a signal that tells the world that a new pontiff has been picked, and is now a cause for celebration of some 1.4 billion Catholics around the globe.
VANCOUVER, BC — The day of the Lapu-Lapu Festival in a South Vancouver neighborhood on Saturday was supposed to be a happy one — it was a block party, after all.