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The specter of schism has hovered in recent years over the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabar ...
Pope Leo XIV has written a warm and detailed letter to Cardinal Raymond Burke, thanking the American cardinal for 50 years of ...
Pope Leo XIV has reinstated the “conclave bonus” given to Vatican employees for their service during the sede vacante period.
After every conclave, reports appear in newspapers (including this one) and elsewhere purporting to describe candidates, vote tallies and coalitions — details which, if true, seem to have come ...
Cardinal Stephen Chow, 65, the bishop of Hong Kong, was the only Chinese cardinal to vote in the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV.
Blessed be the memes, TV shows and “Conclave” for helping us welcome our first American pope Before we met Pope Leo XIV, shows like "The New Pope" and "The Young Pope" mythologized the Vatican ...
Pope Leo XIV (formerly Robert Francis Prevost) and other cardinals adhered to many restrictions while inside the conclave. Here's everything they were forbidden to use—or eat—during the papal ...
Harris was inspired to write the novel after watching the news coverage of the 2013 conclave, which elected the late Pope Francis.
During the conclave, cardinals vote four times per day: twice in the morning and twice in the evening. In 2013, Pope Francis was selected on the second day after five rounds of voting.
How Pope Leo XIV became the conclave’s stealth candidate Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger candidate than many ...