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What's a cardinal? The 'princes' of the Church electing a new pope
Cardinals from all over the world will gather in conclave on Wednesday to elect a successor to Pope Francis. There were 135 ...
Meet the Catholic cardinal voting in the 2025 conclave with ties to western Iowa
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo led the Sioux City diocese as bishop for six years during the early 2000s. The 75-year-old is ...
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Next pope won't be a woman. And that's OK with Catholic women like me. | Opinion
That fact and that he will be chosen by an all-male College of Cardinals, which convenes ... But because the Catholic Church does not ordain women as priests, according to social elite label ...
Catholic Church To Excommunicate Priests for Following New US State Law
The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring ...
Who wears purple in the Catholic church?
While the cardinals are known to wear their scarlet red attire, some individuals involved in conclave proceedings were seen ...
Conclave to elect a new pope begins as 133 Catholic cardinals file into Sistine Chapel
The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...
Pope Leo asks cardinals to make themselves ‘small’ in first mass as pontiff as cardinals deny he’s a ‘counterweight’ to Trump
Leo XIV held his first Mass as pope in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, in what was a private service for the 132 voting ...
China's Complicated Relationship With the Catholic Church
Incoming Pope Leo XIV faces what some call the most-challenging environment for religion in China since Mao Tse-tung.