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The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...
The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...
The question facing the conclave is whether the cardinals want to continue in the direction set by Pope Francis.
Using smoke to communicate to the public whether a new pope has been elected is somewhat a recent tradition for the Catholic Church. Cardinal electors in the conclave, which originates from a ...
In the 13th century, it took almost three years — 1,006 days to be exact — to choose Pope Clement IV's successor, making it the longest conclave in the Catholic Church’s history. It's also ...
Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo led the Sioux City diocese as bishop for six years during the early 2000s. The 75-year-old is ...
Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to ...