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VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...
As cardinals gather at the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a successor to Pope Francis, there is no single frontrunner, ...
Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman ...
The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commences on ...
The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.
The ballot failed to reach the two-thirds supermajority, or 89 votes, that is required for a new pope to be elected.
While the cardinals are known to wear their scarlet red attire, some individuals involved in conclave proceedings were seen ...
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, 72, appeared on several lists, including the BBC, New York Times and USA Today, predicting who may ...
A Pew Research Center study conducted in 2024 found that for every American who converts to Catholicism, another 8.4 leave. The only reason that Catholicism is able to maintain a relatively steady ...
BREAKING: 133 red-robed cardinals from around the world have filed into the Sistine Chapel, and the doors sealed behind them.
African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...