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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 ...
Over 12 years as pope, Francis tried to remake the U.S. Catholic hierarchy more in his image, elevating pastors who ...
If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week's conclave, then things are not going to ...
Cardinal Baltazar Porras Cardozo of Merida, Venezuela, arrives to attend a general congregation meeting of the College of ...
Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...
Those gathering to elect a successor to Pope Francis say the first step to reaching a two-thirds majority is to get to know ...
The cardinals will gather at St. Peter’s Basilica May 7 to celebrate a special Mass before gathering in the Sistine Chapel to ...
Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...
Right now, everything is secret,’ Madagascar Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana said. ‘It’s the moment for prayers right now.’ ...
As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...