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Convicted cardinal demands to be part of conclave to choose new pope, setting up Vatican standoff
A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican is claiming he can take part in the forthcoming conclave despite ...
JD Vance calls meeting with Pope Francis before his death 'a great blessing'
Vice President JD Vance was one of the last officials to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican before the pontiff's death.
Vatican shares some details of Pope Francis' "discreet death"
Pope Francis thanked his personal nurse for encouraging him to greet the crowds in St Peter's Square on Easter Sunday, ...
Pope Francis’ last words revealed as Vatican describes his final hours
Pope Francis expressed heartfelt words to his personal health care assistant before his death in the early morning hours of ...
Pope Francis died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, Vatican says: Updates
The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...
Incense, bells and Swiss guards: The procession bringing Pope Francis to lie in state
Thousands flooded through the walls of Vatican City as a procession of cardinals and pallbearers brought the late pontiff ...
Pope Francis had a troubled course on dealing with clergy sexual abuse
Francis did create a sex abuse commission early on to advise the church on best practices and placed a trusted official, ...
The new leader of the Catholic Church will inherit a financial mess that Pope Francis spent much of his reign trying to fix
Pope Francis said that for his spiritual message to be credible, the Vatican’s finances had to be credible as well.