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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals begin their conclave to elect the Church's 267th pope on Wednesday.

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C atholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis.

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

When white smoke rose out of the Vatican on Thursday, Catholics in Roanoke were watching from their screens in delight as ...