With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

Here's everything you need to know about a conclave, the secret, centuries-old process used to select a new pope.

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The exact number varies, but there are currently 135 cardinal electors eligible to convene ... There has been confusion during some past conclaves over the color of the smoke rising over the ...

In between votes, the cardinals will be staying at the Domus Santa Marta hotel in Vatican City and possibly another nearby Vatican residence, since there are more cardinal electors than Santa ...

In short, attempts to predict who will be the next pope are often wide of the mark, and framing this cardinal or that as a “frontrunner” for the papacy – as though polling numbers are ...

and whether now might be the time for cardinals to consider selecting a person of color to lead it. “The Holy Spirit will direct that effort, and I share the feeling with a number of my brethren that ...