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May 05

WATCH: Trump says Catholics ‘loved’ fake AI image of him as pope

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump said Monday that he wasn’t involved with an artificial intelligence-created image of himself as the pope, which was posted on his own social media account that he oversees.

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May 05

Ahead of the conclave, Vatican staff take a vow of secrecy under threat of excommunication

By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press

The oath, which explicitly forbids recording or disclosing anything from within the conclave, underscores the Church's insistence on confidentiality.

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May 05

More than 130 cardinals will meet to choose the next pope. It will be the most geographically diverse conclave ever

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

"We support whoever is the best person," Singapore's Cardinal William Goh said. "We don't choose a pope based on continent, based on race, based on language."…

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May 03

Workers install stove at Sistine Chapel where ballots are burned during conclave to elect pope

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Vatican workers installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the conclave to elect a new pope and began taking measures to block any electronic interference with their deliberations, as jockeying continued Saturday outside over who…

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May 02

Vatican firefighters install chimney on Sistine Chapel roof for papal election

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to indicate the outcome to the outside world.

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May 02

Who will be pope? Meet some possible contenders

By Associated Press

Wanted: A holy man.

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May 01

Watch 6:24
‘Conclave’ author Robert Harris on the secretive tradition of selecting a new pope

By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins

Streaming viewership of "Conclave" surged 3,200 percent in the week after Pope Francis’ death. Viewers turned to that movie, which won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar, to help them understand one of the most secretive elections on the planet. The…

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May 01

How does the conclave pick a new pope? 8 things to know

By Dan Cooney

The world won’t know the next leader of the world’s Catholics until he appears before a throng of supporters in St. Peter’s Square. But in the coming days, powerful members of the Catholic Church from around the world will take…

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Apr 29

Disgraced Cardinal Becciu will not participate in conclave to elect pope

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

After his 2020 downfall, Becciu had said he would not participate in any future conclave. But in recent days he had asserted he had a right to enter the Sistine Chapel with other cardinals on May 7.

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Apr 28

Vatican says conclave to elect new pope will start on May 7 as cardinals begin informal meetings

By Nicole Winfield, Colleen Barry, Associated Press

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the April 21 death of Pope Francis.

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