When voting gets under way, on that altar will be a large chalice into which each cardinal in turn will place his ballot ...

Another papabile (the word means a person considered able to be pope) on everyone’s shortlist is Filipino Luis Antonio Gokim ...

CARDINALS are gathering in the Sistine Chapel today to take part in a secretive 1,000-year-old tradition to elect the new ...

As the papal conclave begins in the Vatican, an explanation of what will happen now before the election of the next Pope ...

The secret meeting to elect the leader of the world’s Catholics is set to begin, bringing with it the intrigue of an ancient ...

Vatican News – the news website connected to the Church in Rome – said 133 cardinals will take part in this conclave, which ...

Christian Aid has hailed the unearthing of a document from 1945 showing that Belfast was already raising funds for World War ...

While Medieval Conclaves could extend for months and even years, the rules were tweaked by Pope John Paul II and Pope ...

THE conclave is set to gather to choose the next pope in an ancient and secret process that has remained unchanged for 1,000 ...

British authorities saw unmarried Irish mothers as a burden on the public purse, while the Catholic Church wanted to keep babies in their faith.

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Tombs that are scattered across Ireland may have helped bring ancient societies together for feasting and remembering their ...