ROME BRACES FOR CONCLAVE CROWD CONTROL CHALLENGE
By FRANCES D’EMILIO FILE — In this file photo taken on Feb. 24, 2013, policeman patrol as faithful gather the last Angelus noon prayer of Pope Benedict XVI, celebrated from…
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CATHOLICS CREATE ‘VIRTUAL CONCLAVE’ FOR NEW POPE
By RACHEL ZOLL A view of the Sistine Chapel, at the Vatican, Saturday, March 9, 2013. Firefighters have installed the top of the Sistine Chapel chimney that will signal to…
VATICAN BRINGS FLOWERS AMID DEBATE ON WOMEN’S ROLE
By NICOLE WINFIELD This photo provide by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano shows restorers touching up an area on the wall which normally is behind a glass as the stoves…