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2025 conclave beginning, with cardinals set to pick new pope to succeed Pope Francis

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The Catholic Church's cardinal electors are set to choose a successor to Pope Francis, with the 2025 papal conclave about to begin.

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  1. Cardinals choosing the next pope have been offered a dossier on candidates – with a subtext

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    2025 conclave beginning, with cardinals set to pick new pope to succeed Pope Francis

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  1. NBC News

    Play your cardinals right: Betting on next pope gains popularity ahead of the conclave (opens NBC News)

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    Next week’s conclave to elect the successor to Pope Francis as leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics is a solemn affair steeped in centuries-old traditions.

  2. Deutsche Welle

    Vatican conclave: Why choice for new pope is hard to predict – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The 2025 conclave is less predictable than ever after Pope Francis shook up the Catholic Church during his years as pope. What will that mean for the election of his successor?

  3. Deutsche Welle

    Vatican: Why conclave's new pope pick is hard to predict – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The 2025 conclave is less predictable than ever after Pope Francis shook up the Catholic Church during his years as pope. What will that mean for the election of his successor?

  4. NPR

    What to know about the papal conclave (opens NPR)

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    The College of Cardinals gathers this week to elect the next pope to lead the Catholic Church. But what preparations go into setting up the rare, secretive event?

  5. New York Post

    Inside cloak-and-dagger conclave to pick next pope — and the bizarre rituals that fuel it (opens New York Post)

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    The largest and most geographically diverse papal conclave in history is set to commence May 7 in Rome, where cardinals will begin the secretive voting process to select the next man who will lead the Roman Catholic church.

  6. The Guardian

    How does the conclave work and when will a new pope be chosen? (opens The Guardian)

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    Cardinals will enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday to begin the process of electing a pontiff

  7. NPR

    Who are the Cardinals Who Will Pick the Next Pope? : State of the World from NPR (opens NPR)

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    This week 133 cardinals will meet in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to select a new pope who will lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. This will be the first papal conclave in which fewer than half the voting cardinals are European.

  8. The World from PRX

    How Pope Francis' legacy will influence the selection of the next pope (opens The World from PRX)

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    A group of 133 Catholic cardinals from 71 different countries are convening on Wednesday for a secretive conclave that will end with the selection of a new pope. Vatican watchers are wondering whether the next pontiff will be a reform-minded modernist, like Pope Francis himself, or a conservative tr…

  9. WFMZ Allentown

    Papal conclave begins Wednesday (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    The Vatican is preparing for Wednesday’s conclave to elect a new pope, with strict secrecy measures in place.

  10. The World from PRX

    Pope Francis' legacy will be part of whoever becomes the next pope (opens The World from PRX)

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    More than a hundred Catholic cardinals from 70 different countries will convene for a secretive conclave on Wednesday to select a new pope. It’s not clear who will ultimately be chosen to lead the Catholic Church next.

  11. Al Jazeera

    Conclave explained: How is the next pope chosen? (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The papal conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor begins Wednesday in Vatican City.

  12. Local News 8

    Cardinals choosing the next pope have been offered a dossier on candidates – with a subtext (opens Local News 8)

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    By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they will be sealed off from the world. But that doesn’t stop people trying to influence the thinking of the 133 prelates who will choose a suc…

  13. NPR

    The conclave to choose a new pope is about to begin (opens NPR)

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    As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals will begin the secretive process known as a conclave.

  14. Alexandria Echo Press

    Cardinals enter Sistine Chapel for secret conclave to elect new pope (opens Alexandria Echo Press)

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    New pope unlikely to emerge before Thursday or Friday

  15. CBS News

    2025 conclave beginning, with cardinals set to pick new pope to succeed Pope Francis (opens CBS News)

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    The Catholic Church's cardinal electors are set to choose a successor to Pope Francis, with the 2025 papal conclave about to begin.

  16. Digital Journal

    Papal conclave by the numbers (opens Digital Journal)

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    The Vatican's papal conclave to choose a new spiritual leader for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics is governed by procedures and rituals that have

  17. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Live updates: Cardinals enter Sistine Chapel, start conclave to elect a new pope (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    The papal conclave is set to begin soon as cardinal electors will choose Pope Francis' successor. Follow along for live updates.

  18. Breitbart News

    Vatican Live: Conclave to Elect a New Pope Has Begun (opens Breitbart News)

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    Let the voting - and prayers - begin. One hundred and thirty-three Roman Catholic cardinals gathered for Mass on Wednesday before the start of a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis which has now begun behind the Vatican’s walls.

  19. Foxla

    Watch live: Pope conclave Wednesday schedule & updates (opens Foxla)

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    The College of Cardinals has begun the process of selecting a new pope. Here's the latest from the conclave.

  20. NBC Chicago

    'Tension in the air': Mysterious, secretive conclave to elect next Pope begins (opens NBC Chicago)

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    The papal conclave begins Wednesday, with 133 cardinals casting their vote on who should become the next Pope.

  21. NPR

    Conclave to elect the next pope beginning (opens NPR)

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    The papal conclave is beginning Wednesday at the Vatican, as 133 cardinal electors undertake the solemn task of choosing the next leader of the Catholic Church.

  22. KVIA El Paso

    How a new Pope is chosen: A step-by-step look at the Papal Conclave (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    As the Catholic Church prepares to elect its next spiritual leader, here’s a detailed look at the centuries-old ritual of the papal conclave, an event marked by history, secrecy, and sacred tradition.WATCH: Vatican Media's LIVE coverage of the 2025 Papal Conclave The 2025 Papal ConclaveThe Vatican o…

  23. Deutsche Welle

    Conclave: Cardinals fail to agree on new pope in first vote – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, cardinals began meeting in the Sistine Chapel to elect his successor. The first vote of the conclave resulted in black smoke and no new pope.

  24. Deutsche Welle

    Conclave: Cardinals meet for second day to elect new pope – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, cardinals are meeting for a second day to elect his successor. The first two votes of the conclave resulted in black smoke and no new pope. DW has the latest news.

  25. Newsweek

    Conclave to choose new pope to begin: What happens next? (opens Newsweek)

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    The papal conclave begins May 7. Here's how cardinals choose the next pope, what to expect and how secretive the process is.

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