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In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...
Pope Francis needed five votes and was elected on the second day of the conclave, Benedict XVI needed four votes and was also ...
The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...
If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is ...
Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...
A bell is also rung, part of the ritual introduced when Pope Benedict XVI was elected, which confirms the smoke is white and ...
Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...
Tens of thousands are expected to gather at St Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday for Pope Leo XIV's inauguration mass.
St. John Paul II rewrote the regulations on papal elections in a 1996 document that remains largely in force, though Pope ...
Thick black smoke emerged Wednesday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to elect a new ...
The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any ...
St. John Paul II rewrote the regulations on papal elections in a 1996 document that remains largely in force, though Pope Benedict XVI ... of the voting session. Black smoke from the Sistine ...