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The conclave has started. What to know about the selection of a pope
The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been John, first chosen in 523 by Saint John I, the Vatican says. The last pope to choose that name was Italian Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope John XXIII, in 1958. Roncalli was proclaimed a saint by Pope Francis in 2014.
After the death of a Pope, a papal conclave—an incredibly secretive and important process— takes place in the Vatican as ...
Plumes of white smoke streaming from a Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday signaled that a new leader of the Roman Catholic ...
Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.
Speaking about how the new pope, 69, prepped ahead of the voting sessions in the Sistine Chapel, John revealed that his ...
Here's when we could see smoke -- and a new pope -- now that the conclave is getting underway in Vatican City.
As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...
Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...
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Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...
U.S. President Donald Trump quickly reacted to the appointment of the first American pope on Thursday, May 8. Pope Leo XIV, ...
On Day 2, the cardinals will begin their day with a mass in the Pauline Chapel and then retreat to the Sistine Chapel for ...
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