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The first ballot will be cast Wednesday evening (Vatican time), May 7, according to Vatican News. Voting will then happen four times daily over the following days, twice in the morning and twice in ...
The doors of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican were closed on Wednesday, signalling the start of a secret conclave where 133 ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect ... The College of Cardinals that will elect a new pope includes members from far ...
The process of choosing a successor to the late Pope Francis, and shaping the future of the Catholic Church, has begun.
An antipope is a person who makes a competing claim to the papacy, in opposition to the legitimately elected pope.