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Pope Leo XIV vows to work for unity so Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world
Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of ...
The Associated Press on MSN10d
How long was the longest conclave? Facts about the secret voting to elect a pope
The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 to September 1271 ... The most prominent antipopes ...
NBC New York11d
What was the longest conclave in history? Shortest ever? Details to know
The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 to ... Benedict XIII, Alexander V, and John XXIII. The schism was ultimately resolved by the Council of Constance in 1417 ...
Catholic News Agency11d
The history behind ‘habemus papam’ and the white smoke that announces a new pope
In 1274, at the Second Council of Lyons, Pope Gregory X, in a document titled Ubi ... dates back to 1417 at the election of Pope Martin V. Those who claimed the papal throne before him were ...
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Pope Francis was a Jesuit. Who are the Jesuits?
He was beatified, or reached the first step of sainthood, on July 27, 1609, under Pope Paul V. He was canonized on March 12, ...
The Washington Post10d
A short history of weird papal conclaves, from open bribery to riots
The pomp and ceremony of a papal conclave — the flutter of cardinals gathering in their red robes, the crowds at the Vatican awaiting the white smoke that proceeds the proclamation from a ...