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Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...
After an intense period of deliberation and consultations, 133 members of the Vatican’s college of cardinals will convene in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a pope to succeed Francis. It ...
All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...
Here’s a look at some of the leading papal contenders, with the proviso that favorites don’t typically end up getting the nod ...
How does the Vatican make white smoke? - The outcome of the secretive papal election is announced through smoke, but how do ...
Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...
Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican ...
Hype has been building on social media around the Catholic Church’s secretive, centuries-old tradition of conclaves to elect ...
As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...
Although estranged from his own religious order for more than two decades, Pope Francis reconciled immediately after his ...
Before he died, Pope Francis donated one of his popemobiles to be converted into a mobile health unit to serve the children ...