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Vatican drivers, staff to swear oath of secrecy ahead of conclave
Among those directly assisting the College of Cardinals and are required to swear the oath are: Archbishop Ilson Montanari, ...
America Magazine1d
Vatican drivers, staff to swear oath of secrecy ahead of conclave
In an April 29 statement, the Vatican said “the oath of the officials and attendants of the conclave will take place” May 5 ...
Trump claims he 'could' have Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the U.S. His administration has said otherwise.
The president told ABC News he "could" have Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned from El Salvador but "we have lawyers that don't want to do this." ...
What is a conclave? What to know about the secretive process to elect the next pope
Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...
Vatican closes Sistine Chapel as cardinals prepare to elect new pope
The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope ...
Yale classmates warn Trump Treasury Secretary Bessent he risks enabling descent ‘into fascism'
A new letter to Scott Bessent accuses President Donald Trump of usurping the authority of Congress and U.S. courts since ...
The Associated Press on MSN3d
The Death of a Pope: Church traditions, secrecy, and the search for a successor
The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing ...
Opinion
The Republic4dOpinion
Column: Lincoln’s speeches glimpsed the future
When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for his second term as president, the United States was divided as never before or since. The Civil War had killed over 600,000 Americans, North and South.