Potential successors come from all over the world and range from moderate to deeply conservative on LGBTQ+ issues.

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

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Catholic cardinals will gather in the Sistine Chapel to choose the next pope. It’s a vote that could influence not just the ...

The 133 cardinal electors will begin the process of choosing the new pope when the conclave begins in the Sistine Chapel on ...