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The Graphic Truth: Who’s choosing the next pope?
Graphic Truth

The Graphic Truth: Who’s choosing the next pope?

We look at who selects the pontiff and at the front-running contenders.

Pope Francis greets crowds in Saint Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025.
Analysis

Pope Francis, 88, dies hours after greeting Easter crowds

Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, died Monday morning at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta at age 88.

Medical workers treat injured people at Ameth Bek hospital after a drone strike on a market in the disputed Abyei region along the border between South Sudan and Sudan, October 19, 2026.
What We're Watching

South Sudan suffers drone strike, Romania finally gets a government, Colombia revives sea beef with Nicaragua

South Sudan is accusing neighboring Sudan of launching a drone strike that killed at least 73 people at a market in Abyei, a disputed, oil-rich region of roughly 4,000 square miles claimed by both countries.

​Pope Francis is seen here during Holy Week in April 2022.
What We're Watching

Pope Francis is in critical condition

Struck by “initial, mild kidney failure” and pneumonia in both lungs, the pontiff sought to soothe his faithful on Sunday morning with a message of gratitude for letters he had received.

Clerical Errors
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Clerical Errors

The Catholic Church is facing tremendous internal upheaval and Pope Francis is at the center of it. In a candid conversation with Ian Bremmer, bestselling author Fr. James Martin discusses the moment of potential schism the Church is facing.