Modern-day conclaves are steeped in mystery: cardinal electors swear an oath of secrecy – and so do the cooks, drivers, ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

The Sistine Chapel, with its awe-inspiring Renaissance frescoes, is a majestic stage for the Catholic Church’s most sacred ritual: the election of a new pope. But beneath the sacred decor, conclaves ...

All eyes are on Vatican City for the sign of a new pope, as cardinals processed into the Sistine Chapel to begin the ... of Catholic theology at the University of Bristol said.

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A successful candidate to replace Pope Francis, who died April 21, will require a two-thirds majority of the voting cardinals. White smoke -- fumata bianca -- will signify that a new pope has been ...

Black smoke spewed from the Sistine Chapel chimney after the 1st conclave ... a historian of the Catholic Church and a lecturer of history at Oxford University in England. "There has traditionally ...

Black smoke spewed from the Sistine Chapel chimney after the 1st conclave ... a historian of the Catholic Church and a lecturer of history at Oxford University in England. "There has traditionally ...

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White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel's chimney this afternoon ... a Catholic Church historian from Oxford University. This conclave's 133 cardinal-electors are “sophisticated electorates ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white ... Catholic Church and a lecturer of history at Oxford University in England. "There has traditionally ...