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The conclave to elect a new pope officially begins as the doors to the Sistine Chapel close
With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 Catholic cardinals are beginning the ...
Who Will Be the Next Pope? Here Are Some Possible Contenders.
Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman ...
Black smoke pours out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the 1st ballot
Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signaling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals ...
Cardinals attend a final Mass at St Peter’s Basilica before the conclave to elect the next pope
With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the ...
From age to fervor, Oklahoma Catholics weigh in on what they'd like to see in the next pope
Members of St. Monica Catholic Church discussed their views just ahead of the start of the conclave of cardinals tasked with electing a new pope.
The Latest: The conclave to elect a new pope has begun
With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...