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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 ...
Workers and clerics assisting the dozens of Catholic cardinals set to gather Wednesday to begin voting on the next pope had ...
As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent priorities for Pope Francis' successor.
All Vatican personnel involved in supporting the upcoming papal conclave will take an oath of secrecy — under penalty of ...
Will cardinals continue Pope Francis' progressive ways or will they turn back the clock in favor of traditionalists?
The College of Cardinals held its 11th general congregation at 5 p.m. Rome time on Monday in preparation for the May 7 conclave.
Many of the cardinals said that the jury is still out as they are still getting to know one another and where each of them ...
The rules and rituals for the election of a new pope say that immediately after his election, he goes into the sacristy of ...
More than 400 students at Saint Joseph Catholic School in Fayetteville are taking part in a mock conclave, with voting having ...
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 ...