As Catholics Pray for Pope Francis, Cardinals Are Divided on the Church’s Future
Cardinals today still have the chance to lobby behind closed doors for their favored candidate during a conclave. The divine ...
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Papal elections aren’t always as dramatic as ‘Conclave’ − but the history behind the process is
To salvage the electoral system from internal and external chaos, Pope Nicholas II decreed in 1059 that popes should be ...
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Papal elections aren’t always as dramatic as ‘Conclave’ − but the history behind the process is
To salvage the electoral system from internal and external chaos, Pope Nicholas II decreed in 1059 that popes should be selected by men of the cloth – namely, cardinal-bishops. Up to then ...