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Jeff Cavins, Ascension Press author and creator of the Bible in a Year program, joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to preview next week’s ...
Now that Pope Francis has been laid to rest, there's a renewed fascination with the centuries-old traditions of the Vatican.
The rules and rituals for the election of a new pope say that immediately after his election, he goes into the sacristy of ...
The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 to September 1271. It was the first example of a papal ...
After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to ...
The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.
CNN’s Vatican Correspondent, Christopher Lamb, takes a glimpse inside the Vatican, looking at the old sites of where part of ...
Here's everything you need to know about a conclave, the secret, centuries-old process used to select a new pope.
The conclave to elect a new pope, scheduled to begin May 7, is governed by two texts: a rule book and a prayer book.
The papal conclave will commence in May, when the cardinals will meet at St. Peter's Basilica and pray for the wisdom to ...