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Before a new pope, a tug-of-war for the soul of the Catholic Church
As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...
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2025 conclave to be largest in Catholic Church’s history
The unprecedented number of 133 cardinal electors surpasses all previous papal conclaves, breaking the previous record of 115 ...
The media’s fascination with Catholic Church explained
Hollywood and the media love intrigue. And the interregnum in the Catholic Church provides much fodder for an institution ...
A Conclave Like No Other
More cardinals from more countries than ever will gather in the Sistine Chapel starting Wednesday to choose a new pope at a ...
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LIVE UPDATES: Cardinals celebrate eighth Novendiales Mass ahead of upcoming conclave
Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...
Who could be the new Pope? The cardinals who might become the next head of the Catholic Church
Four frontrunners have emerged as the most likely contenders known as papabile to succeed Pope Francis but at least a dozen ...
A roofless palace in Italy’s Viterbo hosted the first and longest conclave
It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that ended the longest papal election in the ...
What's a conclave? Here's how Pope Francis' successor will be chosen.
After Pope Francis' April 21 death, the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders began preparing to gather and select a successor. The gathering, which is set to commence this week for the first time ...