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Cardinals hailing from 71 different countries are eligible to elect a pope this week in the most geographically diverse ...
For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...
Time is running out and there are still many cardinals registered to speak at the pre-conclave meetings called general ...
All Vatican personnel involved in supporting the upcoming papal conclave will take an oath of secrecy — under penalty of ...
As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent priorities for Pope Francis' successor.
All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican ...
Shrouded in secrecy — that’s perhaps the most fitting description of the conclave that elects the next leader of the global ...
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 ...