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The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his ...

The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has remained virtually unchanged for the last 800 years ...

The Vatican announced today that Pope Francis has died aged 88 after leading the Catholic Church for 12 years. He was elected ...

To be eligible to participate in the conclave, members of the College of Cardinals have to be under 80 years old. This means that as of 2025, only 135 members of the College of Cardinals are allowed ...

One spurned the traditional ... remaking the Catholic church and American politics in their own outsider images. Yet the relationship between the two was defined by the chasm between them ...

Cardinals have certainly already discussed Pope Francis’ potential successor, and have top contenders in mind to avoid a ...

It is a procedure steeped in tradition, but one which has been subtly updated for ... It typically takes between two and three weeks for a pope to be chosen, though it can stretch slightly beyond ...

Following the passing of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, Catholics across the globe will turn their attention to his successor ...

The process to select a new pope itself is done in secrecy, with the ballots of each vote, whether one is chosen ... are rules on who can become pope. It can be any Catholic male, but since ...

With the death of Pope Francis, many have been left wondering how a new pope is selected, in the wake of the pontiff's passing. The highly secretive meeting - the Conclave - to choose the next ...