The papal conclave will be influenced by Pope Francis, whose picks to the College of Cardinals increased its geographic ...

Family and Life and on the Board of Trustees for the Papal Foundation. He is also the Catholic Co-Chair of the National Council of Synagogues consultation for the United States Conference of ...

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With Pope Francis' death comes the duty of electing a new pope — a process where cardinals are sealed in the Sistine Chapel ...

Last year, Francis simplified the procedures for a papal funeral ... I covered the early years of Francis’ papacy, including his first trips to Latin America, Greece, the United States and ...

The Vatican announced his death early Monday morning. Like his predecessors, Francis was selected using an age-old method — a system known as the Papal conclave. Interest in papal elections also ...

This time, billions of the insects will hit at least 12 states, experts say ... a group that gathers data on the insects. This map shows roughly where Brood XIV is expected to appear this spring.

Early popes were mostly drawn from the Roman ... The establishment of the Papal States in 756 gave the pope political control over parts of central Italy. Fifty popes ultimately hailed from ...

The Vatican used to be part of the so-called Papal States, areas of Italy under the pope's reign for hundreds of years, until they were conquered during the course of Italian unification in the 19th ...