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Jorge Mario Bergoglio announced as the new Pope who will be known as Pope Francis I

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, has been elected the 266th Roman Catholic Church's new Pope. The Argentine…

12 years ago

Pope Election Day 2: Black smoke signaling second and third vote inconclusive

Black smoke has poured from Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that the second and third votes in the Papal election have…

12 years ago

Papal conclave begins voting to elect new Pope

Cardinals have begun voting to elect a new Pope at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. The 115 cardinal-electors were locked in…

12 years ago

Next Pope election: Ten cardinals who could be Pope by next week

The process of electing a successor to Benedict XVI is under way and here are 10 of the candidates in…

12 years ago

Roman Catholic cardinals begin talks on next Pope election in Rome

Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world are due to meet in Rome to begin the process of electing the…

12 years ago

Pope Benedict XVI changes law on conclave

Vatican has announced that Pope Benedict XVI has amended Roman Catholic Church law so that the conclave selecting his successor…

12 years ago