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The conclave to choose the next pope will be the most geographically diverse in history
There are currently 135 cardinals who are under age 80 and eligible to vote in the conclave, hailing from 71 different ...
Speculation and excitement grow in Rome as papal conclave prepares to choose next pope
Visitors to St Peter's Square have been making clear what they would like to see from the next pontiff - as cardinals prepare ...
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Why political analogies don't work with the church
We may be stuck with labels drawn from the political world. But the cardinals who enter the conclave tomorrow need to select ...
Valley Catholics pray for next pontiff ahead of historic papal conclave vote
Bishop Joseph Brennan and members of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno landed in Rome on Monday. Marquez spoke with Action News and described a sense of busyness as the College of Cardinals ...
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Ahead of the conclave, Vatican staff vow secrecy under threat of excommunication
Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. The support staff for the cardinals who will ...
The Manila Times on MSN40m
They don't vote in the conclave, but nuns leading the world's Catholic orders gather in Rome
They don't have a vote in the pope's election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world's female Catholic orders met in Rome on ...
The Soft Power of the Papacy
Monsignor Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio in Paris, when Leo XIII died in 1903, Austria decided to use the ancient right ...