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Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to ...
The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel to begin preparations for the conclave, during which Catholic cardinals from around ...
Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...
Whoever emerges from the coming conclave as the new leader of the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church will face a myriad of ...
Pope Francis died at age 88 on April 21, setting off a series of centuries-old rituals to select a new leader of the Catholic ...
The process of picking a new pope is filled with ancient rituals like a secret ballot and locked doors. See a visual guide to conclave.
As a result of Francis’ expansion of the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, all that is certain about the ...
The Conclave to elect the new Pope will take place after the novendiales. Following the massive funeral of Pope Francis, ...