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As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...
The secret ballot for a successor hasn’t begun. But among church leaders, talk about who will next lead the 2,000-year-old ...
ANALYSIS: The late Pontiff famously encouraged Catholics to ‘make a mess’ to bring fresh energy and ideas to the Church. The ...
Sunday marked the end of a formal mourning period in the Catholic Church for Pope Francis, who died April 21 after 12 years ...
From cash bets on websites to online games and casual wagers among friends, experts and participants say the popularity of ...
Of course, there's a betting market for the next pope. And they favor two cardinals over the rest of the field.
Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...
They don't have a vote in the pope's election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world's female Catholic orders met in Rome on ...