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On Friday, the day before the pope’s funeral, flight searches on Expedia for Rome for the dates of May 5-14 were up more than ...
Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...
The status of an Italian cardinal is being debated as preparations get under way for the May 7 conclave to elect a successor ...
The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the ...
The attention of the church now turns decisively to the question of Francis’ successor and the preparations for the conclave ...
The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope after ...
It was inevitable that the death of Pope Francis would lead to rumination about a successor. Now that that he has been laid ...
As the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled farewell to Pope Francis, a new chapter in Catholic history quietly unfolded: for ...