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Gianluca Mezzofiore reports with live updates as the Catholic cardinals gather to choose 266th successor to St Peter. |
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As the conclave to select Benedict XVI's successor begins at the Vatican on Tuesday, conservatives and liberals among top Catholic bishops agree: The church needs a renewal. Who should lead that reform, however, is the subject of intense debate. Much dirty laundry has been aired in recent days. |
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The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will file into the 15th-century Sistine Chapel today to begin their secret election of a successor to retired Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinals under the voting-age limit of 80, who total 115, will enter the so-called conclave at 4:30 p.m. in Rome , singing a prayer to the saints to help guide their decision. |
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Fijian authorities have sacked three prison wardens over an online video that appears to show officials beating and torturing two men, the Pacific nation’s prisons department said on Tuesday. The graphic video, posted on YouTube last week, attracted condemnation from the UN Commission on Human Rights and Amnesty International. |
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Cardinals Stanislaw Dziwisz, Kazimierz Nycz, Zenon Grocholewski and Stanislaw Rylko are taking part in the Conclave to chose a new Pope at the Sistine Chapel, beginning Tuesday. |
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Three prison officers have been sacked in relation to the video that appears to show officers beating and torturing two men. |
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The electricity bill of the St. Marina metropolitan cathedral in Bulgaria's southern city of Plovdiv will be paid with donations, thereby preventing a power cut. The board of trustees of the cathedral explained Tuesday that the electricity bill would be paid Tuesday morning with public donations. |
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Pastor Fred Phelps, whose bizarre protests have made his tiny church reviled around the world, has a terrifying hold over his congregation. But one escapee is now Fred's fiercest critic - his own son. |
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Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel tomorrow morning (NZT) to elect the next pope amid more upheaval and uncertainty than the Catholic Church has seen in decades: There's no front-runner, no indication how long voting will last and... |
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There's no front runner, no indication how long voting will last and no sense that a single man has what it takes to fix the many problems. |