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How do popes choose their names?

Popes sometimes choose the name of a recent predecessor out of respect or to indicate a desire to continue in...

Where is Pope Leo XIV from?

Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1955. He graduated from Villanova University in Pennsylvania with a degree in mathematics,...

White smoke emerged from the roof of the Vatican on Thursday afternoon, signaling that a new pope, Pope Leo XIV, was chosen to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

The smoke wafted from the roof after a day and a half of a secretive assembly of 133 cardinals from...

Pope Leo XIV becomes first North American Pope

White smoke emerged from the roof of the Vatican on Thursday afternoon, signaling that a new pope, Pope Leo XIV,...

Vatican to cut phone signal during conclave to elect new pope

has announced that it will cut the phone signal within the tiny city state during the conclave to elect a new...

The oath-taking is being held in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican for all those assigned to the upcoming conclave. They include clerics in support roles, including confessors speaking various languages. The cardinals themselves will take their oath on Wednesday in the Sistine Chapel, before they cast their first ballots.

An array of lay women and men are required to house and feed the cardinals. A conclave’s duration cannot be...

The Sistine Chapel is converted into a high-security zone All forms of communication are banned — no phones, computers, tablets, letters, TV, radio, or newspapers

VATICAN CITY, May 5 (Reuters) – All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome

The conclave will start behind the closed, wooden doors of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday afternoon, with all cardinals aged under 80...

Cardinals will be on a strict diet to prevent secret messaging

In an attempt to influence cardinals and establish communication between the conclave and the outside world, messages have previously been hidden...

Cardinal Predicts Conclave will be short

ATICAN CITY, May 2 (Reuters) – If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week’s conclave,...