This week 133 cardinals will meet within the Sistine Chapel on the Vatican to pick a brand new pope who will lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. This would be the first papal conclave by which fewer than half the voting cardinals are European. Throughout his time, Pope Frances chosen many cardinals from the worldwide south and our correspondent in Rome tells us how this might affect who the subsequent pope will probably be.
Cardinals go away the Vatican after a Faculty of Cardinals’ assembly, on Might 02, 2025 in Rome, Italy.
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Cardinals go away the Vatican after a Faculty of Cardinals’ assembly, on Might 02, 2025 in Rome, Italy.
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