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· 9hConclave to select new pope begins May 7 in Vatican City. What New Yorkers should know
A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic church. The tradition occurs any time a pope dies or resigns from the office. Pope Francis died April 21, the day after Easter.
· 1hThe conclave to choose the next pope will be the most geographically diverse in history
There are currently 135 cardinals who are under age 80 and eligible to vote in the conclave, hailing from 71 different countries in the most geographically diverse conclave in history. Already two have formally told the Holy See that they cannot attend for health reasons, bringing the number of men who will enter the Sistine Chapel down to 133.
The secret ballot for a successor hasn’t begun. But among church leaders, talk about who will next lead the 2,000-year-old ...
As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...
FOX 29 Anchor Jason Martinez is in Rome ready to bring the latest, live coverage of the Papal Conclave.
Though Francis didn’t make major changes to the conclave, his outreach to what he called “peripheries’’ leaves an imprint ...
For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...
When the pope dies, cardinals become celebrities and Vatican City becomes a zoo as paparazzi stalk the corridors of St. Peter ...
All Vatican personnel involved in supporting the upcoming papal conclave will take an oath of secrecy — under penalty of ...
Religion News Service on MSN2h
In the papal conclave, expectations and momentum matterJorge Bergoglio did better than expected on the first ballot and continued to gain votes on every ballot. He beat ...
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