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American Robert Prevost emerges as new pope; delivers powerful message
America's Robert Francis Prevost has been announced as the new Pope and will become Francis' successor following two days of…
Black smoke emerges as cardinals fail to elect new pope
Huge crowds waited in St Peter’s Square, watching screens that showed the chimney and the occasional seagull. While some left…
How the conclave will elect the new pope
The name of the election procedure derives from the Latin “cum clave” (with a key) and refers to the tradition…
Leading Vatican figures during the conclave
In the Roman Catholic Church, the Conclave is the assembly of cardinals for the election of a pope.
Cardinals gather to elect new pope in secretive conclave
A two-thirds majority is required to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. There are 1.4 billion Catholics…
Reports: New Pope had part of lung removed
Pope Francis had part of a lung removed “many, many years ago”, the Vatican said Thursday after the 76-year-old’s historic…
Argentina’s Bergoglio is New Pope
Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio is the new Pope. He will be known as Pope Francis I. French cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran…
Holy White Smoke…New Pope Emerges!
A new Pope to replace Benedict XV1 has been elected for the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics as the much expected…
New Pope: Cardinals Begin Talk
Catholic cardinals began talks on Monday ahead of a conclave to elect a new Pope after Benedict XVI’s resignation, as…