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See the conclave live as the Catholic Church elects a new pope
The papal conclave begins Wednesday, May 7. There's no timeline for it to conclude. A new Pope could be selected in a matter of hours, days, weeks or even years. The voting is done in secrecy, with the results signaled by plumes of smoke — black meaning the voting will continue, and white smoke meaning a new pontiff has been selected.
Pope Leo XIV gave a homily at a Mass a day after he was chosen to lead the Catholic Church. Here's what the new pontiff said, ...
And they will determine whether the adage "fat pope, thin pope" holds true or whether the next leader of the Catholic Church ...
White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic Church.
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Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...
Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.
As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...
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 ...
However, for centuries, popes have only been chosen from among the Catholic cardinals, the church's most senior officials. The conclave takes place in the Sistine Chapel, behind sealed doors.
The question facing the conclave is whether the cardinals want to continue in the direction set by Pope Francis.
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