And then: “By what name do you wish to be called?”. The choice is then announced from the central balcony of St. Peter’s, ...

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The cardinals will participate in four rounds of voting every day until a candidate achieves a two-thirds majority. The ...

The Vatican conclave will continue on Thursday with more voting. A two-thirds majority of the 133 cardinals is required to select a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

The papal conclave will take place as usual in the hallowed space of the Sistine Chapel. What is the history of this famous ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...

The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

Archbishop of Vienna Experience: Edited the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the compendium of church teaching; member of ...

Fr. Fernando Camou, a Diocese of Phoenix priest who is pursuing a Sacred Theology Doctorate in Liturgical Theology at the ...

It’s been almost a half a century since questions could be shut down with the verity: “Is the Pope Italian?” In that time, ...

That discernment "is the process of the conclave," he said. "And that's very much where the prayer and the influence of the ...

A Maryland parish priest told OSV News ahead of the upcoming conclave that he has "an enormous degree of confidence" in the ...