According to the rules established by St. John Paul II, only cardinals under 80 years old will participate in the vote to ...

Francis named 108 of the 133 “princes of the church,” choosing many pastors in his image from far-flung countries like Mongolia, Sweden and Tonga that ... wielded religion to stay in power.

Tonga, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam. This year’s theme — “Lift Up the Hands Which Hang Down” — was gleaned from a verse in Latter-day Saint scripture that teaches ...

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

In secrecy and prayer, a select group of cardinals will decide who will be the next religious leader of over ... Myanmar and Tonga. Italy has 17 voting cardinals, the most out of any country.

The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the ...

David Gibson, director of Fordham University Center on Religion and Culture ... from places that had never had them before, such as Tonga, Haiti and Mongolia, broadening representation beyond ...

For the first time Cape Verde, Haiti, South Sudan, Tonga, Myanmar ... became a figure who addressed everybody in the world… religious people and even those who do not have a religious ...

"And the field of candidates is wide open thanks to Pope Francis' reforms," making cardinals of bishops from previously overlooked places like Tonga and Haiti. ・A Black pope?: There are some ...

The Vatican stated that Pope Francis passed away at 7:35am local time (6:45pm Tonga time) today. The Pope had frequently suffered bouts of respiratory illnesses, and had bilateral pneumonia in ...