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What's a conclave? Here's how Pope Francis' successor will be chosen.
The cardinals will gather at St. Peter’s Basilica May 7 to celebrate a special Mass before gathering in the Sistine Chapel to ...
Vatican workers install Sistine Chapel stove where ballots are burned during conclave to elect pope
Vatican workers installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the conclave to elect a ...
How faithful is ‘Conclave’ about the process of picking a new pope?
Fans of the Oscar-nominated movie “Conclave,” which is about a papal election, might think they have a head start on what’s ...
What to expect from the conclave that will choose Pope Francis' successor
The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.
Guatemala’s cardinal trusts migration will be a priority for next pope as he readies for conclave
Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...
The rituals of conclave to choose a pope, from declaring ‘Extra omnes’ to ‘Habemus Papam’
Lisa Lim decodes the Latin terms that will pepper the coming conclave of cardinals in Vatican City to elect a successor to ...
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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 ...
Ahead of the conclave, Italians are playing the game Fantapapa based on fantasy soccer
Ahead of the May 7 conclave, Italians are playing Fantapapa, a video game inspired by fantasy soccer, where they create a ...