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Cardinal Dolan gives inside look into conclave, Holy Spirit's role in selecting a new pope
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, provides an inside look into what goes on during conclave in the Catholic ...
Death of Pope Francis: Michael D Higgins says pontiff had ‘unfinished business’, as preparations made for papal funeral
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, who welcomed the decision to fly flags at half-mast over public buildings, said there should be ...
Papal conclave 2025 date: Process to elect Pope Francis’ successor could end in two to three days
Ahead of the papal conclave, which starts on May 7 to select the next head of the Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal of Baghdad ...
See the moment the Holy Communion is distributed at Pope Francis’ funeral
Priests and other celebrants distribute the Holy Communion – the bread and wine, representing the body and blood of Christ – ...
Conclave to choose a new pope to begin May 7, Vatican says. Here's how Pope Francis' successor will be chosen.
Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...
Who is Cardinal Becciu? Why isn't he participating in the conclave to elect a pope?
Once-powerful Vatican official Cardinal Angelo Becciu has formally withdrawn from participating in the conclave to elect a ...
Giro d'Italia cycling race to go inside the Vatican's walls in homage to Pope Francis
The Giro d’Italia will pay homage to the late Pope Francis by passing through the Vatican gardens behind St. Peter’s Basilica ...
Trump jokes he'd like to be pope, 'Number 1 choice' — then names a real contender
President Donald Trump joked to the media that he'd "like to be pope" while adding that he does not have a preference for who ...
What is a conclave? What to know about the secretive process to elect the next pope
Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...
Among the meek and the mighty, Catholics bury their ‘people’s pope’
The pope’s unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of ...
Francis celebrated as ‘pope among the people’ in Vatican funeral attended by massive crowd
The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled to mark the end of the funeral Mass in Vatican City, where mourners joined in a ...
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Conclave to elect next pope will begin May 7
The 135 cardinals eligible to elect the next pope will enter the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave May 7, the Vatican announced.The cardinals will first celebrate the "Mass for the Election of the ...