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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 ...
Pope Francis died at age 88 on April 21, setting off a series of centuries-old rituals to select a new leader of the Catholic ...
Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking the same spirit to his first conclave that's guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...
VATICAN CITY >> If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week’s conclave, then things are ...
At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...
From cash bets on websites to online games and casual wagers among friends, experts and participants say the popularity of ...
Polymarket and Kalshi bettors seek to predict outcome of coming papal conclave.
While the conclave might not be as dramatic as the 2024 thriller, there is sure to be plenty of suspense and mystery shrouding the tradition.