Each elector swears an oath to protect the church’s freedom and the secrecy of the conclave. As the last oath is complete, ...

Pope Francis, known for his humility and advocacy for society’s most vulnerable, leaves a lasting legacy in the Catholic Church.

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A papal conclave will be formed with members locked inside the Sistine Chapel to take part in a very secretive voting process ...

Now that Pope Francis has died, the Catholic world will enter nine days of mourning. Senior Catholic officials across the ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

With the death of Pope Francis at age 88, Christian world now awaits papal conclave, which will conclude with white smoke ...

Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, whose warm, humble, no-nonsense manner galvanized the Roman Catholic ...

Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome.

Pope Francis, whose warm, humble, no-nonsense manner galvanized the Roman Catholic Church and drew widespread admiration from ...

THE Pope’s successor will be selected by a Conclave in an ancient and secret process that has remained unchanged for hundreds ...

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