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Vatican firefighters install conclave chimney that'll signal new pope
In preparations for next week’s conclave to elect a new pope, a chimney has been installed atop the Sistine Chapel to signal when a new pontiff has been selected. Black smoke means new no pope has been chosen and white smoke means someone received two-thirds of the ballot and has agreed to be the leader of the Catholic Church.
Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic ...
The world won’t know the next leader of the world’s Catholics until he appears before a throng of supporters in St. Peter’s ...
"Conclave" tells the story of Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, dean of the College of Cardinals, played by actor Ralph Fiennes. Lawrence is tasked with leading a papal election or conclave after the pope ...
Ahead of the 2013 conclave to replace Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan was tipped to restore the papal hat ...
A Catholic scholar explains every step of the conclave process that will determine the successor to the late Pope Francis.
Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?
If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week's conclave, then things are not going to ...
Hollywood and the media love intrigue. And the interregnum in the Catholic Church provides much fodder for an institution that has long resisted secularism.
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