The conclave to select the new pontiff will contain an unusually large number of British cardinals, three of whom are outside contenders for the top job itself. Catherine Pepinster reveals how they mi ...

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When the cardinals gather in Rome to elect Pope Francis’s successor, two issues will weigh on their decision: the Catholic ...

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Oh, how I would like a poor church, and for the poor.” Pope Francis I was half-way through the autobiography of Pope Francis ...

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It has been 866 years since the last British pontiff. But following the death of Pope Francis, could that be about to change?

The Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, presided over the mass, which lasted for 90 minutes. Afterwards, ...

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