Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new leader ...

A theme of early meetings is the tension between diversity and unity, which have become shorthand for cardinals to signal ...

The Vatican’s cardinals’ assembly, known as the General Congregation, has chosen May 7 as the starting date for the highly ...

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Catholic cardinals will assemble for the election of the next leader of the church on May 7, after the funeral of Pope ...

The date was decided two days after the funeral of Pope Francis, who died on April 21 aged 88. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The cardinals set the date after arriving for the first day of informal meetings following Pope Francis’ funeral Saturday.

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Ana Maria Belmonte, who knew the late Pope Francis when he worked as a young priest with the Jesuits in San Miguel, Argentina ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican announced ...