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POLL: What should the next pope focus on?
Who are the contenders to be pope? They include a street priest, a missionary and a Lutheran convertWanted: A holy man.Job ...
Cardinals to begin the solemn and secret voting ritual to elect a new pope
VATICAN CITY (AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday ...
Who could be the next pope after Francis? All the cardinals in the running for the Papacy
The Cardinals are attending the last mass before electing the new pope - but who is in contention for the role?
Black smoke confirms no pope elected in first conclave voting round
The wait for a new pope goes on after black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel following the first secret vote as the ...
All eyes on Vatican City for smoke as cardinals begin work to choose new pope
All eyes are on Vatican City for the sign of a new pope, as cardinals processed into the Sistine Chapel to begin the secret ...
Conclave begins at Vatican as secret voting for new Pope to get underway
Following a special mass in St Peter’s Basilica, the group will go into the Sistine Chapel where they will have no contact ...
Conclave cardinals told choice for next pope is of ‘exceptional importance’
The electors met for mass at St Peter’s Basilica ahead of the conclave in the Sistine Chapel from Wednesday afternoon.
Cardinals wrap up pre-conclave meetings still uncertain about who should follow Pope Francis
There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.
UK cardinal asks for prayer as conclave begins and world watches for new pope
One of the UK’s most senior Catholic leaders has called on people to pray for himself and other cardinals as they embark on the secret voting process to elect a new pope.