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Nuns pray during a congress of nearly 900 superiors of the world's female religious orders in Rome, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

They don’t have a vote in the conclave, but nuns leading the world’s religious orders gather in Rome

By Giovanna Dell'orto - Associated Press

Italian tailor Raniero Mancinelli, who on his own initiative is making outfits for a possible future Pope, shows a pontiff's skull cap as he is interviewed by the Associated Press inside his shop, in Rome, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

These papal tailors aren’t expecting a traditional order for new cassocks to outfit the next pope

By Colleen Barry - Associated Press

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Pope Francis: A legacy of hope

By Joseph R. DeTrani

Then-Monsignor Angelo Becciu presides over an eucharistic liturgy, at the St. John in Latheran Basilica, in Rome, Feb. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File )

Who is Cardinal Becciu? Why isn’t he participating in the conclave to elect a pope?

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

St Peter's Basilica is seen in the background as a cardinal arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Conclave to elect a new pope will start on May 7

By Nicole Winfield and Colleen Barry - Associated Press

This Dec. 10, 1999 file photo shows Michelangelo's fresco "La Creazione" ("The Creation") on the ceiling of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)

The Vatican closes the Sistine Chapel to the public and prepares for a papal conclave

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Communist Pope illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

We need a pope who will stand for the Bible, not Das Kapital

By Don Feder

Faithful line up to pay their respects to the tomb of Pope Francis inside St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Catholic faithful pay respects to Pope Francis as his tomb opens to the public in Rome basilica

By Vanessa Gera and Silvia Stellacci - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and President Donald Trump, talk as they attend the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025.(Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Trump expresses doubts Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war, a day after saying a deal was close

By Darlene Superville and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

Pope Francis meets with President Donald Trump, left, on the occasion of their private audience, at the Vatican, May 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool, File)

Donald Trump’s trip to Pope Francis’ funeral puts a sharper focus on their clashes over the years

By Peter Smith and Michelle L. Price - Associated Press

People set up a banner on a building near the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, where the late Pope Francis will be buried, in Rome, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

At shops around the Vatican, Pope Francis was a regular customer and a friend

By Silvia Stellaci - Associated Press

Pope Francis shakes hands with Associated Press correspondent Nicole Winfield aboard his plane bound for Fatima, Portugal, on May 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis bestowed a special nickname on AP’s Vatican reporter for her often-tough questions

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

FILE - Pope Francis prays in front of the Western Wall, in Jerusalem's Old City, Monday, May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

A deleted condolence after pope’s death revealed tension between Israel and the Vatican

By Melanie Lidman - Associated Press

Faithful pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Abuse survivors sound alarm as cardinals prepare to pick next pope

By Emma Ayers - The Washington Times

This image released by Focus Features shows Ralph Fiennes in a scene from "Conclave." (Focus Features via AP)

‘Conclave,’ movie about papal election, sees streaming numbers soar after Pope Francis’ death

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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Letter to the editor: Hoping pope’s successor returns to tradition

The body of Pope Francis is placed into St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)

Catholic faithful pay their final respects to Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica

By Colleen Barry and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, Pope Francis speaks during a meeting with youths in Palermo, Italy. The umbrella organization of Catholic religious orders in the U.S. is suggesting its members consider voluntarily identifying priests accused of sexual abuse, opening up what could be a major new chapter in the Catholic Church's long-running abuse and cover-up saga, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Pope Francis may have been the worst pope in history

By Andrew P. Napolitano

FILE - Pope Francis attends a prayer for peace at Rome's St. Mary Major Basilica, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)

From ‘conclave’ to ‘white smoke,’ a glossary of terms used in a papal transition

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Faithfuls pray after a Mass commemorating Pope Francis at the Xishiku Catholic Church in Beijing, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China signals more diplomacy with Vatican after Pope Francis’ death

By Emma Ayers - The Washington Times