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Time is running out and there are still many cardinals registered to speak at the pre-conclave meetings called general ...
The secret ballot for a successor hasn’t begun. But among church leaders, talk about who will next lead the 2,000-year-old ...
ROME -- They don’t have a vote in the pope’s election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders met in Rome on Monday to chart a course forward, a few miles from where cardinals ...
For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...
As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent priorities for Pope Francis' successor.
Cardinals hailing from 71 different countries are eligible to elect a pope this week in the most geographically diverse ...
As the Vatican prepares for a conclave to choose a new pope, American Catholics share their hopes and concerns for the Church ...
It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that put an end to the longest papal election in ...
The oath-taking is being held in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican for all those assigned to the upcoming conclave. They ...