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Flight Searches For Papal Conclave Surge Over 345%—Here’s What Tourists Can Expect In Rome
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 ...
Conclave to Choose New Pope Will Start May 7, Vatican Says
About 130 cardinals will be able to vote on a successor for Francis, and a two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new ...
Conclave to pick next pope to begin May 7, Vatican says
The conclave to pick the next pope following the April 21 death of Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, according to ...
What to expect from the conclave that will choose Pope Francis' successor
The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.
Papal conclave politics begin with the question: Continue Francis’ radical legacy or change course?
As a result of Francis’ expansion of the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, all that is certain about the ...
How does the Catholic Church choose a new pope?
As the world mourns the loss, the Catholic Church will prepare to choose his successor. New popes are chosen through an event called the conclave, which brings together top Catholic leaders from ...
When will a new pope be chosen? Timeline of the papal conclave
A papal conclave, the election of a new pope, tends to begin 15-20 days after a papal vacancy. Black or white smoke indicates ...