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Vatican announces conclave to elect new pope will begin on May 7: Live updates
Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...
Conclave to elect a new pope will start on May 7 as cardinals get to know one another
Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, delaying the ...
Conclave to Choose New Pope Will Start May 7, Vatican Says
Over 130 cardinals will be able to vote on a successor for Francis, and a two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new head ...
What to expect from the conclave that will choose Pope Francis' successor
The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.
How accurate is ‘Conclave’? Where the movie is spot-on and where it takes liberties
As "Conclave" shows, the pope's signet ring, called Ring of the Fisherman, is destroyed after his death to signify the papal ...
Mysterious papal conclave is announced: Top Catholics to flock to hallowed Sistine Chapel to choose Francis’ replacement
Cardinals will gather for a papal conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor on May 7, a Vatican source has told Reuters. It ...
Conclave to elect new pope starts May 7
Following the death of Pope Francis, the so-called 'Princes of the Church' under the age of 80 will meet in the Sistine ...
So you saw ‘Conclave’ the movie. Here’s what it got right – and wrong – about real-life conclaves
Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following the ...