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For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...
As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...
All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican ...
The secret ballot for a successor hasn’t begun. But among church leaders, talk about who will next lead the 2,000-year-old ...
Sunday marked the end of a formal mourning period in the Catholic Church for Pope Francis, who died April 21 after 12 years ...
Argentine faithful hope the next Pope to be like Pope Francis, as cardinals are set to start the conclave Wednesday to elect ...
They don't have a vote in the pope's election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world's female Catholic orders met in Rome on ...
Much of the majority immigrant congregation at St. Charles Borromeo saw Pope Francis as their spiritual champion.