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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 ...
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The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...
The question facing the conclave is whether the cardinals want to continue in the direction set by Pope Francis.
And they will determine whether the adage "fat pope, thin pope" holds true or whether the next leader of the Catholic Church ...
In the 13th century, it took almost three years — 1,006 days to be exact — to choose Pope Clement IV's successor, making it the longest conclave in the Catholic Church’s history. It's also ...
Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo led the Sioux City diocese as bishop for six years during the early 2000s. The 75-year-old is ...
Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to ...