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Smoke Signals from the Sistine Chapel: What Do They Mean?
Black Smoke, White Smoke: How the World Knows We Have a Pope One of the most iconic and suspenseful moments…
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Papal Corner
Behind the Locked Doors: Understanding the Conclave Process
What Really Happens When a Pope Is Elected? Inside the Conclave Process Have you ever wondered how a new pope…
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Catholic News - General
Social media and personal research driving France’s record baptism boom, survey reveals
The Catholic Church in France will welcome a record number of adults into the faith in 2025, with particularly strong…
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Catholic News - Pope
New Jersey bishop says diocese will drop fight against state’s grand jury abuse probe
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Camden, New Jersey. / Credit: Farragutful via Wikimedia CNA Staff, May 7, 2025 /…
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Catholic News - Americas
Convention of Catholic scientists looks at human origins, Eucharistic miracles, and more
The Society of Catholic Scientists convenes in South Bend, Indiana, in 2019. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Stephen Barr CNA…
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Catholic News - Pope
The World War II tragedy still shrouded in silence 80 years later
Cap Arcona — once a luxurious transatlantic liner — became a place of execution in the spring of 1945 when…
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Catholic News - Pope
Meet the 5 cardinal electors with the most conclave experience
Left to right: Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Cardinal Vinko Puljić, Cardinal Josip Bozanić, Cardinal Péter Erdő, and Cardinal Peter Turkson. /…
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Pope Francis and Africa: The many highs and a moment of misgiving
Pope Francis arrives in Uganda. / Martha Calderon / CNA. ACI Africa, Apr 25, 2025 / 16:56 pm (CNA). Pope…
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Catholic News - Americas
Gamblers are betting millions of dollars on who will be the next pope
Cardinals celebrate the sixth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on May 1, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.…
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Catholic News - Pope
Middle Eastern Christians speak: What they want from the next pope
null / Credit: dinosmichail/Shutterstock ACI MENA, May 5, 2025 / 17:12 pm (CNA). As the College of Cardinals prepares to…
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