The odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph ... habemus Papam," Latin for "I announce a great joy to you; we have a pope!" Ratzinger appeared moments later ...

There’s also certainly no guarantee one of these candidates will emerge wearing white; as an old bit of Roman wisdom has it, “He who enters a conclave as a pope exits as a cardinal.” ...

The 133 cardinal electors sequestered in the Sistine ... theological traditionalism — devotion to the traditional Latin mass, emphasis on doctrinal orthodoxy and opposition to Francis’s ...

The word conclave comes from two Latin terms, con meaning with ... In 2005, for instance, the celebrant of that mass was then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who delivered a stirring homily that ...

BENEDICT: Last chosen by German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, elected in 2005 ... including sidelining the Latin Mass in favor of local languages and opening to other faiths, most significantly ...

With the exception of an afternoon Mass — part of the nine days ... but failed to get their man through after Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger’s momentum grew and Bergoglio bowed out.

Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news for the first day of the conclave on Wednesday, May 7. For the latest news and updates from the papal conclave, read USA TODAY's live updates for ...

Tomorrow at 10:00 local time, there will be celebrated in Saint Peter's Basilica, what is called the Mass for the Election ... I do recall Benedict, Cardinal Ratzinger, sort of being seen as ...