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There is no formal candidate process for the College of Cardinals to pull from when selecting the next pope – meaning any Catholic male could potentially be chosen as the next leader of the ...
Cardinals are chosen by the Holy Father to serve as his principal assistants and advisers in the central administration of church affairs. Collectively, they form the College of Cardinals.
Pope Leo XIV speaks with the College of Cardinals in the New Synod Hall at the Vatican May 10, 2025, during his first formal ...
Cardinal Robert F. Prevost took the name Pope Leo XIV – an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, who championed the rights of ...
The meeting of the College of Cardinals, where the next head of the Catholic Church will be selected, is scheduled to take place on May 7 Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE.
The plume came a full 90 minutes past the time the College of Cardinals was set to wrap voting on day one of the conclave. As the afternoon’s proceedings began, a Vatican official declared ...
Leeds before becoming spiritual director of the English College, Rome, which he has described as one of the most “privileged” roles he’s held. In 1996, Cardinal Basil Hume appointed him ...
Some of Pope Francis’ appointments to the College of Cardinals really were from the ends of the earth – and will change the perspective of the conclave. When Pope Francis made his visit to the ...
As the Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals enters the conclave to select the next leader of the church Wednesday, one of the most pressing questions is what part of the world that leader will ...
By Elizabeth Dias Reporting from Rome The College of Cardinals includes 17 members from the United States. But only 10 of those are cardinal electors, meaning that they are allowed to participate ...