Technically, any baptized Roman Catholic man could replace him. But the Vatican has a raft of time-honoured traditions – many secret – that pick the next sovereign of Vatican City. When the ...

Secret ballots: The cardinals vote by hand, writing in the name of the man -- and it must be a baptized Roman Catholic man -- they wanted to be pope. The first vote took place Wednesday afternoon.

But the man who succeeds Francis will preside over ... Here's what to know. All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around. Christianity, according to Britannica.com, is a ...

And while the Catholic Church says any unmarried Catholic man under 80 is eligible to be ... A cardinal is a high-ranking official within the Roman Catholic Church. There are 252 cardinals ...

An Oklahoma man was arrested Thursday in connection ... Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City said on Facebook. "I am heartbroken to share the tragic ...

LOWER MERION — Losses in late February and early March remain an oddity for Roman Catholic. So forgive Sammy ... came and went in favor of tough man-to-man. Neither team swung the pace too ...

Pope Francis, who was 88, was the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church ... it is our first duty to pray for the soul of the man who so became a holy father for us all.” ...