Mike Guillen/NY Post Design Four daily ballots will be held until a successor is picked. After 30 ballots, the top two candidates will be the only ones allowed; whoever gets a two-thirds majority ...

After Francis’ stormy 12-year pontificate, some cardinals now say they want a successor who can steady the ship and defuse tensions between progressives and conservatives over divorce ...

The April 21 death of Pope Francis triggered a period of mourning in the Catholic Church, but also kick-started the race for his successor. Whether diplomats, theologians, mediators or Vatican ...

Following Pope Francis's death at 88, the Vatican is observing the Novendiale, a nine-day mourning period. Preparations are underway for the Papal Conclave, where 135 cardinals will elect the new ...

The voting members, known as cardinal electors, are tasking with voting in a successor when the current pope dies or resigns, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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Francis was elected as the 266th pope in March 2013, and his death now prompts the centuries-old tradition of choosing his successor. Pope Francis' Death: How close does 'Conclave' get to the ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — “A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian,” the late Pope Francis said in 2016 of then-Presidential ...

According to the betting platform, 70-year-old Italian Pietro Parolin, who has been the Vatican’s secretary of state since 2013, has a 37 percent chance of being Francis’ successor.

Howard Chua-Eoan is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion covering culture and business. He previously served as Bloomberg Opinion's international editor and is a former news director at Time magazine ...

Given the nature of cardinal appointments Francis made during his papacy, there will inevitably be some expectation that the Argentine pontiff’s successor will be another non-European ...

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