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Cardinals hold vote for new pope as watch begins for smoke from Vatican chimney
The cardinals have gathered in Vatican City to choose the 267th pope. St Peter, regarded as the first pope, was elected around 30AD. In the morning, cardinals will take part in a mass in St Peter’s Basilica. Later, in the afternoon, the cardinals will walk in a procession along the Via delle Fondamenta to the Sistine Chapel.
In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...
Hundreds of people watched on giant video screens and waited for the first puffs of smoke to learn whether a pope had been ...
Anyone — from priests, cooks, cleaners, drivers, guards and tradesmen — who leaks what they may see or hear at the conclave meeting faces automatic excommunication from the Catholic Church. The ...
The South Korean cardinal is one of the most likely candidates to succeed Pope Francis as head of the Vatican.
The focus of the world on Vatican City as the papal conclave is set to begin and the College of Cardinals select Pope Francis ...
Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. The support staff for the cardinals who will ...
All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...
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