Pope's Diverse Choices of New Cardinals Won't Smooth Path for Successor
At the pope's death or resignation, cardinals enter into a secret conclave, where those under the age of 80 vote on the next pope. At least 67 countries now have cardinals who can vote in a conclave, according to Vatican statistics, compared to fewer than 50 countries when Francis was elected in 2013.
On the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis expressed his solidarity with all those ...
Pope Francis announced he would create 21 new cardinals Dec. 8, including a 99-year-old former nuncio and the 44-year-old ...
The secular contrast between “liberal” and “conservative” doesn’t work inside the Catholic Church, at least in its most ...
In his letter, the Holy Father expressed his closeness with those “who dwell in the lands of which the Scriptures speak most ...
The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, ordered a reorganization of the diocese's geographical divisions -- a series of "sectors ...
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Pope Francis announced in April 2023 for the first time in church history the General Assembly, which usually only included ...
On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, the pope implored Our Lady, Queen of Peace, to “dispel the dark clouds of evil.” ...
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