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Cardinals Enter Sistine Chapel To Start Centuries-Old Secret Conclave To Elect New Pope
Two by two, the cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel chanting the meditative “Litany of the Saints” as Swiss Guards stood at ...
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Cardinals enter Sistine Chapel to start centuries-old secret ritual to elect a new pope
With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, ...
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Conclave voters urged to elect a pope who seeks unity and avoids personal interest
VATICAN CITY (AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ... the pope that our time needs” as he offered ...
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Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating conclave hasn’t elected pope in first vote
The smoke billowed out at 9 p.m. Wednesday, some four hours after 133 cardinals solemnly entered the Sistine Chapel, took their oaths of secrecy and formally opened the centuries-old ritual to ...
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Senior cardinal urges conclave voters to pick a pope who seeks unity ahead of secret voting ritual
VATICAN CITY (AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began centuries-old rituals ... pope that our time needs,” as he ...
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Cardinals Hear Call for ‘Unity of the Church’ at Mass Ahead of Conclave
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the 91-year-old dean ... of the Gospel.” At the end of the Mass, the cardinals and congregation sang the Regina Caeli, the traditional Easter hymn to the Blessed ...
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Conclave to elect a new pope officially begins; first ballot ends with black smoke
The hymn implores the saints to help the cardinals find a leader of the 1.4 billion-strong church. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the 70-year-old secretary ... his hand on the Gospel and promising ...
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Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected as conclave opens
The hymn implores the saints to help the cardinals find a leader of the 1.4 billion-strong church. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the 70-year-old secretary ... his hand on the Gospel and promising ...
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No new pope elected in 1st conclave vote by Catholic cardinals
The hymn implores the saints to help the cardinals find a leader of the 1.4 billion-strong church. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the 70-year-old secretary ... his hand on the Gospel and promising ...