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Selecting a pope
For centuries, leaders of the Roman Catholic Church have been chosen at the Vatican in private gatherings known as conclaves. Much secrecy surrounds this conclave and its historic vote ...
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Psychological thriller Conclave looks at the election of the pope. What’s the real story?
The conclave to elect the new pope typically begins 15 to 20 days after the pope’s death, following the period of mourning. In the case of papal resignation, as with Benedict XVI in 2013 ...
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The real Conclave: The secret plotting under way to elect the next Pope
By 2013, when Benedict resigned ... During the days of the sede vacante, or interregnum, before the conclave, Vatican officials are forbidden from leaving Rome unless for a personal emergency ...
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Cardinals’ conclave to elect new pope begins; a first non-European in the cards
During the conclave cardinals must remain in the Sistine Chapel, adorned with Michelangelo’s frescoes, or their lodgings in the Vatican. Only one ballot is held on the first day of the conclave ...
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Pope Francis Is Introspective and Self-Critical in His New Autobiography
An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance he has encountered ever since, in his ...
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Pope Francis is introspective and self-critical in his autobiography, at least about his youth
ROME (AP) — An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance he has encountered ever since ...