It’s the day after the night before as the Catholic Church feels its way through the “sede vacante.” Here’s everything you need to know about what comes next, as well as how to pray over your demon-possessed sweaters from Goodwill.
VATICAN CITY (RNS) As of 8 p.m. Thursday, the Vatican will go into “sede vacante” mode — a Latin expression that means that the seat of St. Peter is vacant. Here’s what will happen and who rules the church during the “interregnum” between two popes.
More than 100 Roman Catholic cardinals will gather in the Sistine Chapel in March. One will emerge as pope. Who will it be? The “Sweet Sistine” is our guess at the top candidates from each continent. First-round voting closes at midnight Eastern on Friday.
One of the first acts of the new pope will be to chose a new name. Here’s a list of the most popular (and most unique) papal names to help him get started.
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The papacy of Benedict XVI came to a quiet end at 8 p.m. on Thursday (Feb. 28), making him the first pope in 600 years to voluntarily leave office.
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It’s the day after the night before as the Catholic Church feels its way through the “sede vacante.” Here’s everything you need to know about what comes next, as well as how to pray over your demon-possessed sweaters from Goodwill.