Comme à chaque élection d'un pape, la célèbre et sublime chapelle Sixtine, au coeur du Vatican, a été aménagée pour accueillir le conclave des 115 cardinaux qui éliront le 266e successeur de saint Pierre. Construite à la demande du pape Sixte IV entre …
Sauf surprise, le conclave qui s'ouvre mardi devrait être court – de deux à quatre jours maximum -, a prédit le père Federico Lombardi, porte-parole infatigable du Vatican, devant quelque 5 000 membres des médias accrédités qui attendent la fameuse …
A video set to the music of gay anthem YMCA has surfaced supporting Philippine's Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the internet's choice for the next pontiff.
The conclave to pick a new pope will begin on Tuesday the Vatican said on Friday, resolving an open question that had dogged the cardinals meeting here over the past week.
Three men, all priests, serve as the multilingual media team at the Vatican's daily press conferences. At briefings last week, they showed clips of conclave preparations under way — men marring the seal in the papal garden with rakes and hoes to …
Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world will assemble in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel from Tuesday for a conclave to elect a new pope in an unprecedented transition after Benedict XVI's historic resignation. The centuries-old ritual begins when …
If there is an election in a first round of voting, the ballots are burnt immediately to produce the famous white smoke, which could happen at 9:30 a.m. or 10 a.m. on March 12.
Vatican preps for papal election 0. David Akin, Parliamentary Bureau Chief. Saturday, March 9, 2013 5:27:49 EST PM. Image: 1 of 5. Previous Next. Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leads his last Sunday Angelus prayer before stepping down …
Italians find themselves thrown into political and religious uncertainty. The New York Times reports.
VATICAN CITY: Vatican workers hoisted a chimney onto the roof of the Sistine Chapel on Saturday in readiness for the conclave of Roman Catholic cardinals that will elect a successor to Pope Benedict. The conclave begins on Tuesday, with the sequestered …
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