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How the next pope will be elected – what goes on at the conclave
Cardinals attend Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be, on March ...
National Catholic Reporter7h
The process to select a new pope has already begun. Cardinals are meeting almost daily in pre-conclave gatherings
In closed-door sessions called congregations, cardinals have given 70 speeches to their brethren. The conclave is likely to ...
Papal conclave politics begin with the question: Continue Francis’ radical legacy or change course?
As a result of Francis’ expansion of the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, all that is certain about the ...
The Manhattan Mercury12h
All eyes turn to conclave as Pope Francis tomb opens to public
With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within ...
As conclave looms, major Catholic nations may be passed over again
Most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with ...
‘Conclave’: Vatican insider and a Catholic author on Hollywood vs. reality
We asked two experts on the Roman Catholic church who have seen the movie whether it accurately depicts what will take place ...
Global News - Inquirer.net on MSN1h
Cardinal David: Conclave not ‘worldly spectacle’
Even as the Catholic Church observes a nine-day period of mourning after Pope Francis was buried on Saturday, speculations ...
‘The church is divided’: Will cardinals elect a leader to continue Pope Francis’ legacy or pivot?
The church is divided. The problem is to find the one who unites, not pretend that it isn’t divided,” one church historian ...