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Inside the ‘compromise’ over Spain’s Civil War memorial
May 14, 2025 • 
Filipe d’Avillez
Taxes, voting, and citizenship - An American pope explainer
May 14, 2025 • 
Michelle La Rosa
Bread and water, conclave brawls, and conclave ghosts
May 8, 2025 • 
Edgar Beltrán
What's ‘a motto’ with you?
May 8, 2025 • 
Jason Abellaneda Baguia
What’s happening when? A conclave watcher’s guide
May 6, 2025 • 
Luke Coppen
Meet the conclave: Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline
May 6, 2025 • 
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Meet the conclave: Cardinal Dominique Mamberti
May 5, 2025 • 
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What's in a name? How popes pick their names, and other papal name oddities
May 4, 2025 • 
Mary Farrow
Meet the conclave: Cardinal Péter Erdő
May 4, 2025 • 
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Meet the conclave: Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo
May 3, 2025 • 
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Heaven’s conclave: The cardinals proclaimed saints and blesseds
May 2, 2025 • 
Jason Abellaneda Baguia
Meet the conclave: Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost
May 2, 2025 • 
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