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Conclave to select new pope begins May 7 in Vatican City. What New Yorkers should know
A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic church. The tradition occurs any time a pope dies or resigns from the office. Pope Francis died April 21, the day after Easter.
For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...
Parolin was the lead negotiator in the 2018 deal between the Holy See and the Chinese Communist Party. The pact ended up in a ...
"And so it is what is, I guess, but it's very unfortunate," said Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob. "It's a very serious ...
As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...
As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...
There are currently 135 cardinals who are under age 80 and eligible to vote in the conclave, hailing from 71 different ...
The secret ballot for a successor hasn’t begun. But among church leaders, talk about who will next lead the 2,000-year-old ...
The process of choosing a pope will have little if any of the zero-sum scheming common among bitterly divided U.S.
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