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Black smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning that cardinals did not elect a new pope on the first day of ...
Voting will take place in the Sistine Chapel, with ballots continuing in succession until any candidate secures two-thirds of ...
Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...
The Catholic Church's cardinal electors are set to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as the 2025 papal conclave begins.
The conclave began exactly 16 days after the death of 88-year-old Pope Francis, who led the world's 1.4 billion Catholics for ...
One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are beginning centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis.
The ideological center of the wealthiest, most powerful country would appear to justify a cardinal. What factors are at play?
As the conclave gets underway, eyes are searching for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.” ...