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But what exactly is a cardinal? - High dignitary - A cardinal (from the Latin "cardinalis", or principal) is a high dignitary ...
As Catholic cardinals gather for a conclave to elect the next pope, we must all ask: Why are they all wearing red yarmulkes?
The pivotal ecclesial meeting marked a milestone in the history of Christianity as the first ecumenical council of the Church ...
Although Sweden was once predominantly Lutheran and is now largely secular, the Roman Catholic Church has grown there in recent years, and Cardinal Arborelius says that many of the Catholics there ...
I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...
Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...
Pope Leo XIV gave a homily at a Mass a day after he was chosen to lead the Catholic Church. Here's what the new pontiff said, ...
Following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, cardinals have elected his successor. Stay with DW for the latest ...
Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...
Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to ...
Pope Benedict XVI had appointed about 56 percent of the cardinals that chose his successor in the 2013 conclave. The Catholic Church is not organized in clear factions, and open campaigning is ...
Prevost, 69, was born and studied in Chicago, receiving a degree in Theology at the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago.