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Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. Here’s what to know.
The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commences on ...
Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...
Mahendra Patel, who is facing attempted kidnapping and other charges after a mother accused him of trying to grab her ...
Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose ...
Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...
The world is waiting to see who will replace Pope Francis, and Newsweek reveals when you can expect to see smoke signals.
Throughout the 20th century, only two conclaves lasted up to five days − Pope Pius X's election in 1903 and Pope Pius XI's ...
As the conclave gets underway, eyes are searching for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.” ...
The papal conclave begins May 7. Here's how cardinals choose the next pope, what to expect and how secretive the process is.
The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, look ceremonial but in the pageantry of the Renaissance-style uniform lies the ...