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Francis’ successor will be selected by cardinals at the conclave that began on May 7. Cardinals, known as the “princes of the ...
Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...
The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...
The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals ...
The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...
White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chape l and St. Peter's bells chimed around 6 p.m. local time in Rome on May 8, ...
Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis.
The longest conclave since the 20th century began took 14 rounds of balloting across five days, ending with the election of ...
The smoke signal means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a ...
The conclave officially commences Wednesday, May 7 at 4 a.m. ET (10 a.m. in Rome) with a mass in Saint Peter's Basilica. The ...