BUENOS AIRES, April 19 (UPI) -- Argentine religious leaders praised the appointment of Germany's Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the new pope, La Nacion reported in its Tuesday online edition.

WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department has officially welcomed the Tuesday election of German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the Roman Catholic Church's new pope.

VATICAN CITY, April 19 (UPI) -- German conservative Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was named Tuesday the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic church after just two days of balloting.

VATICAN CITY, April 18 (UPI) -- One of the candidates seen as an early favorite to become the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church was reportedly a member of the Nazi party.

VATICAN CITY, April 8 (UPI) -- As the pope's funeral concluded in St. Peter's Square Friday, hundreds of voices chanted for the pope to be declared a saint.

VATICAN CITY, March 1 (UPI) -- Five days after an emergency tracheotomy, Pope John Paul II has begun speaking again in his Rome hospital room, the BBC said Tuesday.