There, she prayed on her knees before a painting of the Virgin Mary, beseeching God for the grace to enter the Carmelite ...

His Holiness Pope Pius XII died on 9 October 1958 at Castelgandolfo ... he directed the Catholic Church for 25 years, dying at 93 in Rome. He was regarded as somewhat, an advocate for modern ...

Benedict XVI won in 2005 on the fourth and Pope Pius XII won on the third in 1939. The longest conclave since the 20th century began took 14 rounds of balloting across five days, ending with the ...

Pope Pius XII was one of three popes named Pius in the 20th Century. Picture: AFP “As it was becoming clear in the [2013] conclave that he would get the numbers, a cardinal from Brazil leaned ...

and Pope Pius XII, elected in 1939 won on the third ballot. A pope is decided after a man receives a two-thirds majority by the voting body, which comprises eligible voters in the College of ...

The previous pope, Pius X, had mandated in 1904 that all papers related to the election, not just the ballots, be burned, "thus producing a great deal more white smoke for the final ballot and ...

The first German pontiff since Stephen IX in 1057, Benedict will be remembered primarily as the first pope to retire, rather than to die in office, since Gregory XII more than 600 years ago ...

Benedict XVI won in 2005 on the fourth and Pope Pius XII won on the third in 1939. The longest conclave since the 20th century began took 14 rounds of balloting across five days, ending with the ...