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The conclave to elect the next pope will open on May 7, Vatican officials announced today. The cardinals meeting in plenary ...
As "Conclave" shows, the pope's signet ring, called Ring of the Fisherman, is destroyed after his death to signify the papal ...
The status of an Italian cardinal is being debated as preparations get under way for the May 7 conclave to elect a successor ...
The Roman Catholic College of Cardinals will begin a conclave inside the Sistine Chapel to begin the process of selecting the ...
The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.
The conclave — where cardinals worldwide converge in Vatican City to elect a new pontiff, following Pope Francis' death ...
Whenever a Pope dies or decides to step down, a special group of church leaders called the College of Cardinals come together ...
Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...
Pope Francis appointed a significant number of cardinals from the Global South. Among the 135 cardinals currently eligible to ...
The cardinals set the date after arriving for the first day of informal meetings following Pope Francis’ funeral Saturday.
A papal conclave, the election of a new pope, tends to begin 15-20 days after a papal vacancy. Black or white smoke indicates ...