The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

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The 133 cardinals from 70 countries will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to ...

More than 130 Catholic cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, ...

His church is not alone, as other predominantly Black congregations are taking similar steps. Turner said he got the idea from the Rev. Otis Moss III of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago ...

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

Cleveland's East Mount Zion Baptist Church faces an uncertain future for its renovation project, despite local and state grants, as federal support remains pending. Trump Signs Executive Order To ...

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