The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re ... their mobile phones surrendered and cell connection around the Vatican jammed to prevent them from all communications until they choose a ...

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been ch ...

Among the regular pilgrims, tourists and assorted onlookers were groups of nuns. There are around 600,000 Catholic nuns around the world, and they dedicate their lives to a variety of religious ...

Pope Leo XIV will hold a meeting of cardinals on June 13 to give the final approval to the canonizations of several beatified ...

The Vatican has announced a date to begin the conclave. The College of Cardinals will begin the secretive voting process of choosing Pope Francis' successor on Wednesday, May 7, according to ...

Only one voting session is permitted on the first day. After that, voting sessions occur twice in the morning and twice in the afternoon until a two-thirds majority has been reached for a candidate.

VATICAN CITY (RNS ... Vatican observers has fastened on a comment by the 91-year-old dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re, asking whether he may have tipped his hand about ...

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The College of Cardinals on Wednesday called ... Cardinal Christoph Schönborn spoke about the situation of the Vatican Bank, Cardinal Fernando Vergez about the activities of the Governorate ...

During this time, with the camerlengo serving as the Vatican’s de facto administrator, the College of Cardinals keeps general oversight of the Church, but is not allowed to make any major decisions.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican postal service began selling its first Pope Leo XIV stamps May 27 and offered a special ...

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