Convening the cardinals back to the Paul VI Hall, the same amphitheater in the Vatican where the cardinals met for 12 sessions before heading into the conclave, Pope Leo XIV wanted to continue the ...

Fundamentalism is a quintessentially American form of religious expression, but one we associate almost exclusively with ...

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Francis himself quipped that his successor would be John XXIV, after the progressive Vatican II-era pope. The most popular papal name of the 20th century, Pius, would be a clear signal that a ...

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 ...

The provisions for the oath-taking are laid down in Vatican law. St. John Paul II rewrote the regulations on papal elections in a 1996 document that remains largely in force, though Pope Benedict ...

Francis himself quipped that his successor would be John XXIV, after the progressive Vatican II-era pope. The most popular papal name of the 20th century, Pius, would be a clear signal that a ...

All mobile phone signals will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the next pope, Italian state media reported. The Vatican also plans to use ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals from around the world gathered in the Vatican on Wednesday for the start of the conclave, the centuries-old secret voting ritual to elect a new pope to ...

Of the 133 cardinals who will cast ballots in the conclave, only about 24 have articulated views in favor of the Tridentine Mass that Latin-rite Catholics attended before the Vatican II-inspired ...

All mobile phone signals will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the next pope, Italian state media reported.The Vatican also plans to use ...