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Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille, France, speaks during a briefing about the assembly of the Synod of Bishops on synodality at the Vatican Oct. 23, 2023. (CNS/Lola Gomez)

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline: Could one of Francis' favorite cardinals succeed him?

Sarah Pearson, right, and Peter Isely lead a press conference by the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, in Rome, on April 30, 2025. (RNS/Aleja Hertzler-McCain)

Survivor advocacy group sounds alarm about several papabili records

White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, announcing that a new pope had been elected, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The new pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, took the name Francis. (AP/Gregorio Borgia, File)

What happens in a papal conclave?

Brazilian nun who was the world's oldest person has died at 116