VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred and secretive process is no popularity contest or ...
A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred and secretive process is no popularity contest or campaign, but rather the ...
Technically, any baptized Catholic man can become pope. That's not how it has historically worked, however, with the last pontiff who wasn't first a cardinal having served in the 1300s. And Pope ...