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Pope Leo XIV has revived a former Vatican tradition and granted employees a bonus of €500 ($568) for the election of each new ...
ROME — Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first ...
Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...
Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...
Two cardinals, Michael Czerny and Chibly Langlois, sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges facing the church that the new pope will have to face.
Eighteen days after Pope Francis last appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, his successor -- the 267th pope -- ...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.
Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger candidate ...
Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis ...
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Here's how it works, a list of contenders to become the next pope and how many conclaves there have been in the last 100 years.
The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.