Here are 11 cardinals with American ties who will cast votes for the next pope
The 10 U.S. cardinal electors, plus Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, 79, who will voting in...
Month: April 2025
Cardinals approve electors for conclave, formally ask for prayers
Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão of Goa, India, approaches the Petriano entrance of the Vatican next to St. Peter's Square to...
On electing a pope: 10 frequently asked questions answered
Cardinals from around the world pray in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican March 12, 2013, before beginning the conclave...
Over-80 cardinals still have role to play in choosing next pope
Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, the 80-year-old retired archbishop of Vienna, arrives to attend a general congregation meeting of the College of...
Conclave has most cardinals, widest geographical mix in history
Members of the College of Cardinals attend vespers at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome April 27, 2025,...
Conclave to elect next pope will begin May 7
Cardinals Dieudonné Nzapalainga of Bangui, Central African Republic, left, and Timothy M. Dolan of New York, right, approach the Paul...
Thousands line streets of Rome to bid final farewell to Pope Francis
The casket of Pope Francis, transported in a popemobile, arrives to the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome April...
Poor and powerful pray for eternal repose of a pope ‘with an open heart’
Archbishop Diego Ravelli, left, sets an open Book of the Gospels on the casket of Pope Francis at the beginning...
Rome’s needy bid farewell to pope who lifted them up from misery
Rudolf, from Slovakia, center, was once homeless but now has a stable job and can stand on his own two...
Pope Francis said Mary picked his burial place, cardinal says
A banner reading "Thank you, Francis" in Italian hangs outside a building facing the Basilica of St. Mary Major in...
