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Conclave to select new pope begins May 7 in Vatican City. What New Yorkers should know
A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic church. The tradition occurs any time a pope dies or resigns from the office. Pope Francis died April 21, the day after Easter.
As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...
The same goes for every person inside the Vatican during the conclave: from the two doctors on hand for any emergency, to the ...
The secret ballot for a successor hasn’t begun. But among church leaders, talk about who will next lead the 2,000-year-old ...
Sunday marked the end of a formal mourning period in the Catholic Church for Pope Francis, who died April 21 after 12 years ...
The rules and rituals for the election of a new pope say that immediately after his election, he goes into the sacristy of ...
Though Francis didn’t make major changes to the conclave, his outreach to what he called “peripheries’’ leaves an imprint ...
All the support staff for the cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope Francis are taking an oath of secrecy on Monday ...
It remains unclear whether the conclave will result in a leader aligned with Pope Francis' more progressive stance or a ...
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