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The conclave to select a new pope after Francis' death officially begins in Rome
Who will be the next pope? 133 cardinals have started the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope ...
Watch live: Chimney of Sistine Chapel watched by crowd in Rome as papal conclave underway
Hundreds of people watched on giant video screens and waited for the first puffs of smoke to learn whether a pope had been ...
It's conclave time—and frugality is in, extravagance is out
Intrigue, fashion, humility, faith—133 cardinal electors have descended on Rome to choose a new pope and their every move and ...
Come for the Conclave. Don’t Stay for the Food.
The cardinals selecting the next pope will take their meals at a Vatican guesthouse. One conclave veteran said the fare was ...
What to know about the conclave and Italian soccer: Can the new Pope's election postpone Serie A matches?
The conclave is a meeting of the College of Cardinals to elect a new pope after the death or resignation of the pope. The ...
The elite Swiss Guard watching over conclave have a dramatic role as papal bodyguards
The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, look ceremonial but in the pageantry of the Renaissance-style uniform lies the ...
They don’t vote in the conclave, but nuns leading the world’s Catholic orders gather in Rome
Nuns don’t have a vote in the election of a pope. But nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders gathered in ...