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(LONDON) -- All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope. The 12th and last general congregation is taking place ...

The priorities that will determine how cardinals vote in the conclave - The 133 cardinals seem fundamentally united in ...

On the morning of May 7 the conclave will commence, with all the cardinals present, with the Holy Mass for the Election of ...

The Catholic Church centuries-old tradition to elect a new pope will begin officially tomorrow. 133 cardinal electors will gather on Wednesday in the Sistine Chapel for an election that could last ...

In addition to the division between 'progressives' and 'conservatives', there are cultural and geographical differences among ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church has chosen a date to elect its new leader, in a process virtually ...

The soft-spoken, longtime Vatican diplomat could be the next pope - Pietro Parolin has been the Vatican's secretary of state ...

Hype has been building on social media around the Catholic Church's secretive, centuries-old tradition of conclaves to elect ...

African outreach was among Pope Francis' legacies, observers say, with numerous visits and a message of mercy inspiring ...

More than 130 cardinals will be sequestered in the Sistine Chapel to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff after Pope Francis' death.

Elected to lead the Catholic Church in 2013 after the sudden abdication of his predecessor Benedict XVI, Argentinian Cardinal ...