Black Smoke, White Smoke: How the Vatican Tells the World There’s a New Pope
admin In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney…
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These 10 U.S. Cardinals Have a Vote in Selecting the Next Pope
Six are joining in their first papal conclave, and four others participated in the 2013…
Read More‘How Much Does the Next Pope Matter?’: Three Conservative Catholics on the Conclave and the Church’s Future
Ross Douthat, a Times Opinion columnist, hosted an online conversation with Michael Brendan Dougherty, a…
Read MoreWednesday Briefing
The papal conclave begins.
Read More‘The Only Person in the World Claiming to Be the Pope Right Now’
It’s Danny Kind, and he’s not even Catholic. But he’s in a college class that…
Read MoreFrancis Opened Discussions to Those Outside the Church Hierarchy. This Cardinal Would, Too
Cardinal Mario Grech comes from Malta, but is known to cardinals around the world for…
Read MoreCardinal Parolin, Leader of Papal Conclave, Is Also a Top Candidate
Cardinals have talked about Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, as someone who…
Read MoreA Contender for the Papacy in the Mold of Francis
Cardinal Luis Tagle of the Philippines is known as the “Asian Francis.” But he has…
Read MoreOne Key to a Successful Campaign for Pope? Act Like You’re Not Campaigning.
Crucial meetings will be held this week in which contenders begin jockeying in earnest for…
Read MoreThe Dinner That Helped Save Europe
In 1979, during John Paul II’s first visit to the United States as pope, he…
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