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The conclave has started. What to know about the selection of a pope
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 John, first chosen in 523 by Saint John I, the Vatican says. The last pope to choose that name was Italian Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope John XXIII, in 1958. Roncalli was proclaimed a saint by Pope Francis in 2014.
White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...
Plumes of white smoke streaming from a Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday signaled that a new leader of the Roman Catholic ...
The question facing the conclave is whether the cardinals want to continue in the direction set by Pope Francis.
Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.
Pope Leo XIV, the first person from the United States to lead the Catholic Church, is taking on a financial headache in his ...
Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.
Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.
Earlier that morning, Cooke and Taveras attended the "Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice" (“For the Election of the Roman Pontiff” ...
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