Inside world's most secretive ballot as 133 cardinals move into Vatican ahead of total lockdown with ritual-laden voting for new pope starting TOMORROW

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 09:25 UTC

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Each cardinal was met with a barrage of camera flashes and pundits thrusting microphones before them as they approached the Vatican

Women in the Catholic Church: Which way will the next pope go?

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 08:35 UTC

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Pope Francis appointed women to key Vatican posts. Will his successor consider women as deacons and priests next?

Vatican to cut phone signal during conclave to elect new pope

found 2025 › May › 05 (Mon) @ 20:45 UTC

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Transmission will be deactivated from 3:00pm (1300 GMT) on 7 May and restored after announcement of new pontiff

The Vatican has announced that it will cut the phone signal within the tiny city state …

Pope Francis leaves mixed legacy on role of women in Catholic church

found 2025 › May › 05 (Mon) @ 12:45 UTC

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He made strides in boosting female workforce in Vatican but also insisted women could never become priests

Just a few days before he died, Pope Francis met nurses and medics from Rome’s Gemelli hospit…

Custom fireworks and standby firefighters: How the Vatican makes its smoke signal

found 2025 › May › 05 (Mon) @ 03:45 UTC

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Experts say the process requires "two custom fireworks", smoke test rehearsals and Vatican firefighters on standby.

Europe prepares to anoint new leaders as it marks VE Day

found 2025 › May › 04 (Sun) @ 19:45 UTC

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Merz takes over as German chancellor, Vatican conclave begins and Skype waves goodbye

I worked in the Vatican for 18 years – this will be the most unpredictable conclave yet | Ariel Beramendi

found 2025 › May › 04 (Sun) @ 13:45 UTC

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Will the cardinals follow Francis’s path or return to a more conservative doctrine? The white smoke will tell us which faction has won

Ariel Beramendi worked at the Vatican for 18 years as an officia…

Trump faces backlash after posting AI image dressed as pope

found 2025 › May › 04 (Sun) @ 11:20 UTC

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Cardinals will gather on May 7 in a conclave in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope.

Trump accused of ‘mocking’ Catholics after posting image of himself as pope

found 2025 › May › 04 (Sun) @ 11:20 UTC

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US president displays ‘pathological megalomania’ as cardinals gather to elect new leader after death of Pope Francis

Donald Trump has been accused of mocking the election of a new leader of the Cathol…

REVEALED: How the People's Pope shielded sexual predators in the clergy - including one priest accused of violently raping nuns

found 2025 › May › 03 (Sat) @ 22:10 UTC

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When the world's cardinals met in Rome last Monday for the first of their crucial pre-conclave discussions, they raised 'the issue of clerical abuse', according to a Vatican spokesman.