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The focus of the world on Vatican City as the papal conclave is set to begin and the College of Cardinals select Pope Francis ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the ...

The conclave to choose the new pope is underway. And among the cardinals choosing the new Catholic leader is an Ohio native.

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Cardinals from around the world have descended on Rome for the secretive conclave to decide the next pope. Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle are among the top ...

For the first time since 2013, a papal conclave will meet in Vatican City behind closed doors to select the next pope to replace Francis, who died last month.