A Jerusalem cardinal who spent decades fostering interfaith ties among Christians, Jews and Muslims is a leading contender to ...

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Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope. Understanding their makeup in geographic terms can help explain some of their ...

Though associated closely with Francis’ pontificate, Parolin is much more demure in personality and diplomatic in his ...

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Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to ...