Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

From her spot in the on-deck circle, with one out in the bottom of the seventh, Central Catholic’s Bella Boyer had no doubt ...

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All eyes are on the chimney over the Sistine Chapel for signs of white smoke that will herald the election of a new pope.

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A Pew Research Center study conducted in 2024 found that for every American who converts to Catholicism, another 8.4 leave.

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The U.S. is ratifying its commitment to review and reverse China’s influence in the Americas and beyond, with key ...

For the Catholic faithful across Latin America, Pope Francis was iconic for many reasons. Not only is Catholicism the major religion in nearly every country of the continent, but Pope Francis was the ...

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