Papa

White smoke erupts — the crowd roars as the new Pope is revealed to the world

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What does ‘Habemus Papam’ mean?

Papal conclave

Dominique Mamberti: the cardinal who will pronounce ‘Habemus papam’

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Habemus Papam: How long until we meet the new Pope?

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Papal Conclave: American Robert Francis Prevost becomes new Pope, takes the name Leo XIV

Society

Eligo in Summun Pontificem’: how cardinals fill in their ballots to elect the new Pope

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Black smoke signals no pope elected in first conclave vote

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Papal Conclave Day 1 | No decision yet from Vatican

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Who is Giovanni Battista, the dean of the College of Cardinals that organizes the Conclave to elect the new Pope of Rome?

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Who is Luis Antonio Tagle, the 'Asian Francis' who could become the new pope?

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Who is José Tolentino de Mendonça, the Portuguese poet and cardinal widely favored to become the new Pope?

Society

Neither apocalypse nor last Pope: the hoax on the prophecies of St. Malachy and Nostradamus after Francis

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Jean-Marc Aveline, the French cardinal now in the running to become the next Pope

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Who is Kevin Farrell, the camerlengo appointed by Pope Francis

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Wilton Daniel Gregory, the first African American cardinal in U.S. history and a leading contender to become the next Pope

Society

Why no one is born a citizen of the Vatican: what happens if you give birth there

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How much does a Pope charge as Holy Father of the Vatican?

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Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, the candidate who could become the first African pope since 496

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Donald Trump's pick for next Pope is Raymond Burke

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Mario Grech, the progressive ‘dark horse’ cardinal considered a leading contender to become the next Pope

Conclave

New York cardinal who is Trump’s pick to be pope

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Robert Sarah, the controversial African cardinal among the leading contenders to become the next Pope

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Peter Erdo, the ultraconservative Hungarian cardinal with close ties to Orbán

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Peter Turkson, the conservative Ghanaian cardinal leading the African Church

Popemobile

Here’s the new humanitarian use found for Pope Francis’s ‘popemobile’