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Days Before Conclave, Cardinals in Rome Pitch Messages to the Pews
Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of France cooed at babies on Sunday at a church in the Monti neighborhood of Rome. Cardinal Peter ...
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Workers ready Sistine Chapel for conclave
The Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain and the Sistine Chapel usually top the "must see" list of visitors to Rome and the Vatican.
Conclave set to begin soon, bringing more than 130 cardinals from around the world to Rome
That includes Timothy Cardinal Dolan. CBS News New York's Mary Calvi caught up with New York's archbishop near the Vatican on ...
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Cardinals' homilies before conclave speak volumes
At churches around Rome on Sunday, the cardinals who will begin their voting for pope on Wednesday made customary visits to ...
Survivors Urge Cardinals to Discuss Sex Abuse Crisis in Choosing Next Pope
Pope Francis is credited with addressing the issue more strongly than his predecessors did, but clerical abuse remains a ...
A roofless palace in Italy’s Viterbo hosted the first and longest conclave
It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that put an end to the longest papal election in ...
Cardinals hope for speedy conclave to pick new pope, under Michelangelo's gaze
If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week's conclave, then things are not going to ...
The conclave to choose the next pope will be the most geographically diverse in history
Cardinals hailing from 71 different countries are eligible to elect a pope this week in the most geographically diverse ...