With great joy. We were only expecting an apostolic exhortation, but it seems that Pope Francis wants to summarize the spirit of his pontificate by writing an encyclical, invoking the highest ...

(Photo: Mossot/Wikimedia Commons) The Vatican announced October 21 the publishing date and title of Pope Francis's new encyclical, "Dilexit Nos" (“He Loved Us”), an encyclical on the human and ...

Quite the contrast, which makes for a great setting." When cardinals assemble to elect a pope, they vote as often as four times a day, especially in the first day or two, to determine which ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis, background center, poses with the participants to the second session of the 16th General ...

In a surprising move at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Saturday evening, Pope Francis ratified the final report, approved its immediate publication, and said he will not publish a ...

In the end, Pope Gregory X was elected. When the time comes for a papal conclave to be held, every cardinal in the world ...

But Stags had stayed in the contest and found themselves level from a Lee Gregory free kick on 63 minutes ... Jeanette Holloway / The Bigger Picture.media Birmingham produced a great flowing move on ...

Breaking down all the twists and big reveals in Conclave. Conclave begins with the death of the pope, which means the Vatican must hold a conclave, where the church’s cardinals come together to vote ...

“Conclave” begins at a gathering to select a new pope in the name of God — though ... And what we want them to be spiritually, to have a great spiritual foundation as a person.