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What should the next pope do? Four columnists weigh in.
The next pope should instead be a man who models mutual respect, intellectual humility and a spirit of wonder at God’s ...
The conclave to elect a new pope officially begins as the doors to the Sistine Chapel close
With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 Catholic cardinals are beginning the ...
Black smoke pours out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the 1st ballot
Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signaling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals ...
Cardinals attend a final Mass at St Peter’s Basilica before the conclave to elect the next pope
With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the ...
Who will be the next pope? Key candidates in an unpredictable process
Two years ago Pope Francis chose Prevost to replace Marc Ouellet as prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops, handing ...
Who Will Be the Next Pope? Here Are Some Possible Contenders.
Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman ...
From age to fervor, Oklahoma Catholics weigh in on what they'd like to see in the next pope
Members of St. Monica Catholic Church discussed their views just ahead of the start of the conclave of cardinals tasked with ...
The Latest: The conclave to elect a new pope has begun
With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...
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The conclave to select a new pope after Francis' death officially begins in Rome
Who will be the next pope? 133 cardinals have started the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope ...
A new pope is coming. Is the US embracing faith?
BBC Special Correspondent Katty Kay and author Ross Douthat discuss the state of religion and what could come with a new pope as cardinals convene at the Vatican for a conclave.