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About 130 cardinals will be able to vote on a successor for Francis, and a two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new ...
The decision was made at the Fifth General Congregation, held on Monday morning in the Vatican's Synod Hall. The conclave ...
With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...
Most of the funeral will be celebrated in Latin, and there will be incense and hymns and Gregorian chants. Attended by dozens ...
As a result of Francis’ expansion of the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, all that is certain about the ...
The status of an Italian cardinal is being debated as preparations get under way for the May 7 conclave to elect a successor ...
With the funeral now over, attention turns to the conclave, the confidential process through which a new pope will be chosen.