The cardinals electing a new pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church left the Sistine Chapel exhausted and hungry. A meditation to start the conclave had dragged on and pushed their first vote deep into Wednesday evening. It had resulted in an …
The new head of the Catholic church is a tennis fan. Within the walls of Vatican City, he will find his own court to play on.
In his advocacy of the poor, migrants and a more open church, many people see the new pope as a continuation of his predecessor.
While younger cardinals are busy choosing the new pope in a series of votes in Vatican City, older cardinals — those age 80 and over who are not allowed to vote — are mostly waiting it out like the rest of us. But many of them attended the meetings …
The cardinals selecting the next pope will take their meals at a Vatican guesthouse. One conclave veteran said the fare was “food you could eat at a train station.”
Six are joining in their first papal conclave, and four others participated in the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis.
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York has some tips for first-timers taking part in the sometimes lengthy process of choosing the next pope.
