9 h. ago New Pope must stand up to the 'gay lobby', leading cardinal says

German cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, a critic of the late Pope Francis, urged the Church to return to its traditional roots and demanded the next pontiff be 'strong on doctrine'.

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53 h. ago Lobbying for next pope heats up with outcome less predictable than ever

Francis sought to lower age profile and broaden spread of college of cardinals and for most it is their first conclaveConservative and progressives will intensify efforts to shape the future of the Roman Catholic church in the coming days as 135 cardinals prepare to be sequestered in the Sistine Chapel in order to choose a successor to Pope Francis.The group of cardinals who will vote for the next leader of about 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide are less predictable than ever before, with the vast majority having no experience of a papal conclave. A much wider geographic spread of cardinals adds to the uncertainty. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Pope Francis funeral attended by over 200,000 as powerful 'final image' shared

Presidents, prime ministers and cardinals are among those bidding a final farewell to a religious leader described as "a pope among the people", whose death sparked tributes from across the globe.

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2 d. ago Psychic consults tarot cards to predict next Pope and there's one stand out contender

EXCLUSIVE: All eyes are on Vatican City as preparations for choosing the next pontiff are put into place following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday – with one psychic consulting her cards

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4 d. ago Nun who broke protocol to stand by Pope Francis' coffin is long

81-year-old Sister Genevieve Jeanningros, a French-Argentine nun, attended the first day of Francis' lying-in state and was captured approaching a restricted area

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4 d. ago Pope Francis’s funeral to be masterpiece in managing ‘big egos’, says UK Cardinal as world leaders head to Rome

US President Donald Trump is among those due to attend the requiem mass for the late pontiff, joining dignitaries from across the globe

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4 d. ago The most heartbreaking farewell: Moment crying nun who knew Pope Francis is allowed to break protocol and stand beside his coffin and silently pray for her old friend

French-Argentine nun, Sister Genevieve Jeanningros, was seen in footage from the first day of Francis' lying-in-state approaching a restricted area to pray before the coffin of the late Pontiff.

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5 d. ago Vatican sex abuse whistleblower blasts American cardinal who will lead next pope's election: 'Everyone knows, but no one does anything'

As the red ribbons were tied around the papal bedroom door, actor John Lithgow's character in the Oscar-nominated movie Conclave looked as if he had the weight of the world on his shoulders.

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5 d. ago Cardinal Peter Turkson: A contender to be the first black pope in modern times

With Pope Francis's passing, focus turns to Cardinal Peter Turkson, who is a leading candidate in the upcoming papal election

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6 d. ago Look to his stand on Gaza: Pope Francis gave us moral leadership in amoral times | Owen Jones

With his outspokenness about Israel’s outrages, the late pope showed up the hypocrisy of the media and politiciansThe deaths of major public figures can provoke the most grotesque outpourings of hypocrisy. So it goes for Pope Francis, now lauded by leaders and media outlets that were complicit in the very evils he condemned. “Pope Francis was a pope for the poor, the downtrodden and the forgotten,” said Keir Starmer, a prime minister who stripped the winter fuel payment from many vulnerable pensioners before launching an assault on disability benefits predicted to drive up to 400,000 Britons into poverty. “He promoted an end to suffering across the globe,” wrote Joe Biden, enabler of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza.Indeed, the fate of Gaza seemed to preoccupy the pope’s final years. In his last Easter address, he condemned the “death and destruction” and resulting “dramatic and deplorable humanitarian situation” – a powerful sermon that hardly any western media outlets covered. I...

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6 d. ago Why can't a woman be Pope? Rules explained as cardinals set to vote in new Catholic leader

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, pushing the Catholic world into mourning. While many grieve, the cardinals have an important job to get on with - but here's why the next Pope will not be a woman

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2 w. ago Rory McIlroy tops Masters leaderboard ahead of final round at Augusta after record

MIKE KEEGAN AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL: Rory McIlroy is closing in on his first green jacket - after a record-breaking performance put him in sight of Masters glory.

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