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Pope Francis left unfinished business after a 12-year papacy. What challenges await the next pope?
While Pope Franci s accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...
Trump Posts AI-Generated Image of Himself as Pope, Days After Joking He’d Like to Be the Next Pontiff
Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, late on Friday, May 2, to share an image of himself in the traditional ...
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LIVE UPDATES: Cardinals celebrate eighth Novendiales Mass ahead of upcoming conclave
Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...
Guatemala’s cardinal trusts migration will be a priority for next pope as he readies for conclave
Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...
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Cardinals hope for speedy conclave to pick new pope, under Michelangelo’s gaze
VATICAN CITY >> If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week’s conclave, then things are ...
Pre-conclave: Jockeying for a new pope already has started over drinks and dinner in Rome
At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...
Play your cardinals right: Betting on next pope gains popularity ahead of the conclave
From cash bets on websites to online games and casual wagers among friends, experts and participants say the popularity of ...