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Before a new pope, a tug-of-war for soul of Catholic Church

Before a new pope, a tug-of-war for the soul of the Catholic Church

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church.

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2025 conclave to be largest in Catholic Church’s history

The unprecedented number of 133 cardinal electors surpasses all previous papal conclaves, breaking the previous record of 115 electors in the 2005 and 2013 elections.

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With the Catholic Church soon to elect a new pope, AP looks at the history of the conclave

The Catholic Church's cardinals are meeting next week at the Vatican to elect the new pope in a centuries-old process called conclave.

Rituals of conclave to choose a pope

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Conclave to choose a new pope to begin May 7, Vatican says. Here's how Pope Francis' successor will be chosen.

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next pontiff at the conclave.

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What to expect from the conclave that will choose Pope Francis' successor

The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

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How accurate is the movie ‘Conclave’ on electing a new pope?

PolitiFact’s occasional MovieFact feature reports on the accuracy of nonfiction films, typically comparing their details with historical events. “Conclave” is fictional, but we decided to examine what the movie gets right and wrong about the real process for choosing the next pope.

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How long was the longest conclave? Facts about the secret voting to elect a pope

Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic ...

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How does the conclave pick a new pope? 8 things to know

The world won’t know the next leader of the world’s Catholics until he appears before a throng of supporters in St. Peter’s ...

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LIVE UPDATES: Cardinals celebrate eighth Novendiales Mass ahead of upcoming conclave

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

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As Papal Conclave to elect new Pope nears, American cardinals discuss state of Catholic Church

The eyes of the world will be on the Vatican next week as the Papal Conclave to elect a new Pope will begin. Two American ...

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A new pope will be chosen at a papal conclave. How does it work?

the Catholic Church's College of Cardinals meets at the Vatican to choose a new leader at a papal conclave. However, a papal conclave does not necessarily work how most organizations ...

Trump's AI image of himself as pope draws criticism ahead of conclave

President Donald Trump’s latest social media stunt – an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope – sparked immediate ...

Conclave author says papal selection is like The Traitors

The bestselling novelist Robert Harris says a conclave to select a new Pope has a similar dynamic to hit TV show The Traitors ...

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Guatemala's cardinal trusts migration will be a priority for next pope as he readies for conclave

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...

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