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"Conclave" tells the story of Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, dean of the College of Cardinals, played by actor Ralph Fiennes. Lawrence is tasked with leading a papal election or conclave after the pope ...
The Argentinian cardinal, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and a close personal friend of the late Francis, celebrated Mass with the College of Cardinals as part of the Church’s ...
Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.
The world won’t know the next leader of the world’s Catholics until he appears before a throng of supporters in St. Peter’s ...
President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...
The conclave will be a "fight for the soul of the Catholic Church" between those who saw promise in the modernising changes Pope Francis made and those "who hated him for it".
If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is ...
Catholic cardinals set May 7 as the date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, following informal meetings where ...
Over-80 cardinals, who cannot vote in the conclave, are lashing out at the Francis papacy, calling for change of course.
When the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel spouts white smoke, it means that the Catholic Church officially has a new pope.
Cardinals respond to Becciu's withdrawal from the 2025 conclave as frontrunners emerge to succeed Pope Francis.
Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?