With the election of Pope Leo XIV, the church and the world had to come to grips with an unexpected, new spiritual leader, ...

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Veteran Hollywood actor Al Pacino met Pope Leo XIV on Monday at the Vatican. He was accompanied by producer Andrea Iervolino.

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost of the United States has been named the new pope, the new head of the Catholic church. Cardinals gathered to select their latest leader during a conclave.

However, for centuries, popes have only been chosen from among the Catholic cardinals, the church's most senior officials. The conclave takes place in the Sistine Chapel, behind sealed doors.

The Catholic Church is not dying from persecution ... The institutional Church is comfortable with ambiguity. But the conclave must resist the urge to play it safe. The stakes are too high.

On the second day of the conclave to choose a successor to Pope ... but he was not considered among the frontrunners to lead the Catholic Church. Some of the cardinals who were frequently ...

The term conclave refers to a private meeting or secret assembly, especially a meeting of Roman Catholic cardinals secluded continuously while choosing a pope, according to merriam-webster.com.

Before the doors were shut, leaders of the Catholic church from over 70 countries – the largest conclave in history — filed into the 15th century Sistine Chapel and — wearing robes from ...