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Cardinals still in seclusion at papal conclave as darkness falls: Live updates
Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...
Papal conclave has started. Here's how it works
Cardinals attend a mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff, prior to the start of the conclave, at St Peter's Basilica in ...
New Pope Update: Black Smoke from Conclave After Cardinals' First Vote
The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church made their first vote inside the Sistine Chapel ...
Cardinals fail to pick new pope on day one of the conclave
Black smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning that cardinals did not elect a new pope on the first day of ...
The elite Swiss Guard watching over conclave have a dramatic role as papal bodyguards
The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, look ceremonial but in the pageantry of the Renaissance-style uniform lies the ...
2025 conclave to begin, with cardinals set to pick new pope to succeed Pope Francis
The Catholic Church's cardinal electors are set to choose a successor to Pope Francis, with the 2025 papal conclave about to ...
New Pope Update: Favorite Emerges to Replace Francis as Conclave Starts
As the conclave to elect the next pope begins, Pietro Parolin has emerged as the betting favorite to succeed Pope Francis, ...
The Latest: The conclave to elect a new pope has begun
Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the ...