These Contentious Issues Could Determine Who Becomes the Next Pope
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These Contentious Issues Could Determine Who Becomes the Next Pope

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The cardinals who have traveled to Rome to elect the next pope at a conclave next week sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the globe. At first glance, they appear to split along the kinds of left-right lines that…

Cardinal Who Threatened to Crash the Conclave Now Says He Won’t
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Cardinal Who Threatened to Crash the Conclave Now Says He Won’t

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When more than 130 cardinals solemnly file into the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin voting on who among them will lead the Roman Catholic Church as the next pope, there will be one cardinal left out in the cold. Cardinal Angelo…

Cardinals Are Maneuvering Before Conclave To Elect Francis’ Successor
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Cardinals Are Maneuvering Before Conclave To Elect Francis’ Successor

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Even before Pope Francis was entombed in a Rome basilica on Saturday, conservative cardinals who felt his pontificate was a divisive disaster that endangered the church’s traditions had begun politicking to sway the conclave electing the next pope. They have a seductively simple…

‘He Was Like Family’: Faithful Descend on St. Peter’s Square for Pope’s Funeral
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‘He Was Like Family’: Faithful Descend on St. Peter’s Square for Pope’s Funeral

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Some mourners had spent the night sleeping in the streets near the Vatican, and they started lining up at dawn on Saturday in St. Peter’s Square to bid farewell to Pope Francis. Hours later, world leaders took their seats in rows near an…

Pope Francis, Who Sought a More Pastoral Church, Laid to Rest in a Majestic Ceremony
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Pope Francis, Who Sought a More Pastoral Church, Laid to Rest in a Majestic Ceremony

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a solemn and majestic funeral on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday laid to rest Pope Francis, the first South American pope, whose simple style, pastoral vision and outsized footprint on the world stage both reinvigorated…

Trump and Zelensky Meet on Sidelines of Pope Francis’ Funeral, White House Says
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Trump and Zelensky Meet on Sidelines of Pope Francis’ Funeral, White House Says

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump met privately with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Saturday in Vatican City, the first time the two leaders have met since their televised argument in late February in the Oval Office exacerbated the deep breach between the two countries. The…

The Pope’s Funeral – The New York Times
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The Pope’s Funeral – The New York Times

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines VATICAN CITY — A patchwork of clergy in red, white, purple and black vestments. World leaders including President Trump seated on the stairs of St. Peter’s Basilica for an outdoor ceremony. A simple cypress casket. Haunting chants and some 200,000 faithful embraced by…