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The United States is home to 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any other nation except Italy, home to 17 of the electors who will gather at the Vatican’s ...

According to the Vatican, the cardinals will gather in secret in the Sistine Chapel starting at 4:30 pm (1430 GMT) on Wednesday. They will keep voting until one choice among them has a two-thirds ...

Cardinals from 70 countries have gathered at the Vatican to elect a new Pope in the most diverse conclave in history.

The pope has died. Hundreds of cardinals are gathering in Rome. The secret ballot for a successor hasn’t begun. But among church leaders, talk about who will next lead the 2,000-year-old church ...

In his first speech from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on May 8, Leo said the cardinals chose him “to be the successor ...

Two cardinals, Michael Czerny and Chibly Langlois, sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges facing the church that the new pope will have to face.

The eyes of 1.4 billion Catholics are fixed on the Vatican City as 132 cardinals started on Monday arriving in Rome to prepare to elect a new Pope. The Conclave - the ancient and tightly ...

A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the Holy Spirit fits in.

Rome is bustling with jasmine blooming and tourists swarming. But behind closed doors, these are the days of dinner parties, coffee klatches and private meetings as cardinals in town to elect a ...

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of Congo joined priests from across the globe behind the altar of a church in western Rome. The three cardinals — considered contenders, though not favorites ...

All Cardinals Who Will Elect New Pope Arrive in Rome Ahead of Conclave By Joshua McElwee and Crispian Balmer VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret ...