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Photos: Jorge Bergoglio elected new pope

Photos: Jorge Bergoglio elected new pope

The archbishop of Buenos Aires has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis.

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Media watching for results of papal conclave

Media watching for results of papal conclave

A Catholic organization has set up a website that lets people register to receive a text or email notification when a pope has been selected by cardinals meeting in Vatican City.

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Black smoke from chapel chimney: No pope yet

Black smoke from chapel chimney: No pope yet

Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Tuesday, signaling that cardinals had failed on their first vote of the papal conclave to choose a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics and their troubled church.

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Papal conclave set to start Tuesday

Papal conclave set to start Tuesday

Cardinals have set Tuesday as the start date for the conclave to elect the next pope, a milestone in this unusual papal transition.

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Benedict becomes 1st pope in 600 years to resign

Benedict becomes 1st pope in 600 years to resign

Benedict XVI become the first pope in 600 years to resign Thursday, ending an eight-year pontificate shaped by struggles to move the church past sex abuse scandals and to reawaken Christianity in an indifferent world.

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Pope recalls 'joy,' difficulties in final audience

Pope recalls 'joy,' difficulties in final audience

Pope Benedict XVI bid an emotional farewell Wednesday on the eve of his retirement, recalling moments of "joy and light" during his papacy, but also times of difficulty when "it seemed like the Lord was sleeping."

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Minnesotan, retired Vatican reporter on pope's retirement

Minnesotan, retired Vatican reporter on pope's retirement

As the pope prepares to officially step down Thursday, one of the people in Rome for the events is Minnesota native and retired reporter John Thavis.

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Benedict to be called 'emeritus pope,' will wear white

Benedict to be called 'emeritus pope,' will wear white

Pope Benedict XVI will be known as "emeritus pope" in his retirement and will continue to wear a white cassock, the Vatican announced Tuesday.

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Cardinal: Married Catholic priests possible

Roman Catholic priests should be allowed to marry and have children, Britain's most senior Catholic cleric said Friday.

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Is getting a divorce too easy?

Is getting a divorce too easy?

A recent New York Times "Room for Debate" takes a look at divorces and whether the process should be harder to deter people from breaking off marriages too easily.

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