12 m. ago Papal conclave live: Result of cardinals’ fourth vote due shortly

Conclave day two: How does it all work and who is in running to be next pope?

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3 h. ago Papal conclave live: Black smoke emerges from Sistine Chapel; what happens next?

Conclave day two: How does it all work and who is in running to be next pope?

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6 h. ago Papal conclave live: Black smoke emerges from Sistine Chapel as cardinals resume discussions on new pope election

How does the conclave work and who is in running to be next pope?

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7 h. ago Papal conclave live: Cardinals resume discussions on new pope; what time will we see black or white smoke?

How does the conclave work and who is in running to be next pope?

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8 h. ago Papal conclave: Cardinals resume discussions on new pope; what time will we see black or white smoke?

How does the conclave work and who is in running to be next pope?

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19 h. ago Papal conclave: ‘I dread the day I think that’s about to arrive when I’m going to be older than the pope’

As the cardinal electors in the Sistine Chapel took their oaths, a crowd of all ages gathered in St Peter’s Square

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24 h. ago Papal conclave: Cardinals begin first secret ballot to elect new pope

Swearing of the oaths complete and everyone bar the voting cardinals have been ordered out of the Sistine Chapel

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25 h. ago Papal conclave: Cardinals start procession to Sistine Chapel for secret vote

How does the conclave work and who is in running to be next pope?

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29 h. ago Papal conclave: What time does it begin? How does it work and who is in running to be next pope?

Two-thirds majority of the 133 elector cardinals is required to elect 267th pope

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59 h. ago The Irish disapora and its role in electing the successor to Pope Francis this week

Cardinals with strong links to Ireland will be playing key role in the papal conclave from Wednesday

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4 d. ago Trump draws ire of US bishops with AI image of himself as pope ahead of papal conclave

‘There is nothing funny or clever about this, Mr President. Do not mock us,’ say Catholic leaders

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4 d. ago Trump draws criticism with AI image of himself as pope ahead of papal conclave

A group representing Catholic bishops in the US said: ‘There is nothing funny or clever about this, Mr President. Do not mock us.’

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1 week ago Three busloads of Cardinals arrive to pay respects at tomb of Pope Francis and cause media frenzy

Today is the second of nine days of official mourning for Francis.

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1 week ago Three busloads of cardinals arrive to pay respects at tomb of Pope Francis

Today is the second of nine days of official mourning for Francis.

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1 week ago Pope Francis’s funeral: Coffin arrives at Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore after procession through Rome

Catholic Church begins nine days of official mourning

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1 week ago Spontaneous applause in St Peter's Square as Zelenskyy arrives for funeral of Pope Francis

The Ukrainian President is among around 50 world leaders attending the funeral of the late pontiff.

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1 week ago LIVE: World leaders arrive as rosary for Pope Francis takes place ahead of funeral

Francis’s funeral mass is due to start at 9am (Irish time) this morning.

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1 week ago ‘Wouldn’t it be great if he got voted in?’ The cardinal from Drimnagh tasked with organising the papal conclave

Cardinal Kevin Farrell’s former neighbours recall the Drimnagh man who is running the Vatican following the death of Pope Francis

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2 w. ago The ‘Papabiles’: Six men who could become the next pope following the papal conclave

Conclave eligible to elect the successor to the late Pope Francis are expected to meet within weeks

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2 w. ago When will the papal conclave happen, and what happens during the secretive ballot?

It’s a process shrouded in secrecy, but here’s what we know about it.

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