College of Cardinals

Secrecy and smoke signals: Vatican gears up for conclave to elect new pope

getworldnews10 hours ago010 mins

Behind the heavy wooden doors of the Sistine Chapel, the process to elect the successor to the late Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday afternoon. All 133 cardinals eligible to vote in the secretive conclave have arrived in Rome, and will determine the fate of the Catholic Church and its 1.4 billion followers. The term…

‘People bet on football and divorces, why not Popes?’ Betting on next pontiff gains popularity ahead of conclave – The Times of India

getworldnews2 days ago05 mins

When the College of Cardinals gathers beneath the frescoed ceiling of the Sistine Chapel on May 7, all eyes will be on the white smoke. But beyond the Vatican’s walls, eyes are also on the odds.For more than six centuries, betting on the papacy has been a strange, enduring tradition. While modern sportsbooks like FanDuel…