The Christian Post on MSN1d
'Conclave Watch': Group launches database of Catholic cardinals’ records on sex abuse cases
A group has launched a database aimed at vetting the responses of Roman Catholic cardinals to claims of sexual abuse in the ...
Pope Francis signals intention to remain in post with sign-off on three-year reform plan
Pope Francis has approved a new three-year reform process for the Catholic Church, sending a strong signal he plans to ...
Catholic Church sex abuse survivors launch database vetting cardinals' records
A network of survivors of Catholic clergy sex abuse has announced a database of cardinals' records on how they have handled such cases in a bid to influence the next papal conclave ...
Chicago Sun-Times20d
Influential bishops with Chicago ties will have a hand in picking the next pope
Until each man turns 80, he’ll be part of the group of special bishops known as the College of Cardinals, or papal conclave, who select a pope by an elaborate secret ballot process inside the ...
SFGate7d
Papal elections aren’t always as dramatic as ‘Conclave’ − but the history behind the process is
Conclave is formed from the Latin words for ... The Council of Chalcedon, a gathering of bishops in 451, forbade clerics from seizing a dead bishop’s belongings, at risk of losing their ...
The News Journal26d
With Pope Francis ill, how is a new pope chosen? Here's what we know
They will also prepare for the upcoming papal election, called a conclave. Cardinals are bishops and Vatican officials from all over the world, personally chosen by the pope. A conclave is a ...
The News Journal22d
With Pope Francis' prognosis remaining guard, how is a new pope chosen? What we know
They will also prepare for the upcoming papal election, called a conclave. Cardinals are bishops and Vatican officials from all over the world, personally chosen by the pope. A conclave is a ...
U.S. News & World Report28d
As Catholics Pray for Pope Francis, Cardinals Are Divided on the Church’s Future
The word “conclave” comes from the Latin words for ... should be selected only by men of the cloth – namely, cardinal-bishops. A century later, Pope Alexander III decreed that all ranks ...