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What to Know About the Conclave to Choose Pope Francis’ Successor
White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...
How Pope Leo XIV became the conclave’s stealth candidate
Robert Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger ...
Conclave to Choose New Pope Begins: What Happens Next?
The papal conclave begins May 7. Here's how cardinals choose the next pope, what to expect and how secretive the process is.
This conclave to choose a new pope was short — but not the shortest ever
The longest conclave since the 20th century began took 14 rounds of balloting across five days, ending with the election of ...
A look at the history of the Sistine Chapel, the site of the papal conclave
As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold ...
Conclave to elect a new pope begins as 133 Catholic cardinals file into Sistine Chapel
The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...
Papal conclave puts spotlight on 'Conclave' movie: How accurate is it?
Per Catholic doctrine, only baptized, Catholic males are allowed to be priests, who can then go on to be cardinals. Only male ...
Seagulls steal the show on papal conclave livestream. Viewers (and cats) love it.
Since livestream cameras went up early Wednesday morning, a handful of seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney ...