American cardinals who voted in the conclave played down the significance of the new pope’s roots in the United States, ...

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Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their conclave to elect the Church's 267th pontiff and a successor to Pope Francis on May 7, the Vatican said. Following are key facts about the conclave ...

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This live blog has ended. Claudia Hernández Images from the home country of Pope Francis show tearful vigils and large crowds of supporters in Argentina's capital. Jean-Nicholas Fievet The ...

A funeral steeped in centuries-old tradition is set to take place today as the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, is farewelled. Between 200,000 and 500,000 people are predicted to ...

“Enjoy your lunch!” he used to say to people who gathered every week outside the basilica for the traditional Roman Catholic prayer, the Angelus. After the formality of Benedict XVI, whom he ...

Photo / Getty Images A funeral steeped in centuries-old tradition is set to take place today as the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, is farewelled. Between 200,000 and 500,000 ...

Rather than reflexively corralling the cardinals into a Conclave to elect his successor, I propose a wholesale institutional reset to maximize the Roman Catholic Church’s usefulness. Francis’ agenda ...

Given the renewed interest, we asked two experts on the Roman Catholic church who have seen ... And especially under Pope Francis who has made such a point of naming cardinals from the peripheries ...

Pope Francis, whose warm, humble, no-nonsense manner galvanized the Roman Catholic Church and drew widespread admiration from outsiders, has died. April 21, 2025 “It gave me chills,” said ...