Cardinals will meet next month to pick Francis' successor, deciding if the new pope should continue with the late pontiff's push for a more open Church or cede to conservatives who want to return to a ...

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His election reflected a broader geographical shift in the church. Although the Vatican has been Catholicism’s spiritual and ...