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As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent priorities for Pope Francis' successor.
The papal conclave—the election of the next Pope—is set to begin on May 7, and will see 133 cardinals gather to vote.
When Pope Francis assumed office in 2013, he called on Catholic institutions to divest from fossil fuels. How far did they ...
Remembering Pope Francis, the Catholic Church leader who broke with tradition 10:43. Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged ...
The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola committed to spirituality and ...
The personality and outreach of Pope Francis attracted worldwide admiration. Though he did not stray from Catholic doctrine, ...
Another issue: He had a rapprochement with China, which was controversial, even among Chinese Catholics, where he … agreed to ...
The Catholic church faces a fundamental question as it prepares to elect a new pope. That is, whether to go back to a monarchical papacy with its pomp and pageantry, or to build on the momentum begun ...
In a New York Times story about the late Pope Francis’s relationship with Catholic conservatives, Michael Hichborn, president ...
Catholic cardinals will enter into conclave this week to choose a new pope, with the Church's 1.4 billion members holding their breath over an uncertain outcome.A total of 133 "Princes of the Church" ...