Pilgrims gather in St. Peter’s Square for a Mass and canonization of 14 new saints on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, May 7, 2025 / 11:19 am (CNA). Some of the people who are most desperate for hope — including suffering Christians in Ukraine, the Holy Land, and Africa —…
Cardinals process into the Sistine Chapel as the conclave to elect the 266th successor to St. Peter, the 267th pope, begins on May 7, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, May 7, 2025 / 11:55 am (CNA). With the proclamation of “extra omnes” (“outside everyone”) on the afternoon of May 7, the thick wooden…
Theresa Ickinger, a post-conciliar champion of the Faith active in many realms, spoke at one of my first Roman Forum meetings in the early 1970s. I cannot remember which of her battles she recounted to us, but I do recall that it took place in Philadelphia. She noted that after discussions with the church authorities…
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Bishop Robert Barron talks with EWTN News Correspondent Colm Flynn on May 5, 2025, about what he believes to be the qualities of some of the cardinals being mentioned as “papabile,” the Italian term for a man who could be pope. / Credit: EWTN News/Screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 7, 2025 / 09:38 am (CNA)….
Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, chapel and statue. / Credit: Joseph Antoniello, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, May 7, 2025 / 10:08 am (CNA). Theologians from around the world will gather at Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, this summer for the fifth annual Truth of Love Conference. This year’s emphasis — the relationship of…
Cardinals participate in the fifth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on May 3, 2025 — the feast of Sts. Philip and James — in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA CNA Staff, May 7, 2025 / 10:38 am (CNA). John, Pius, Leo, and Alexander. These are just a few of the…
With the Mass Pro Eligendo Pontifice in the morning and the procession of the Cardinals into the Sistine Chapel, the Conclave of May 7, 2025, officially begins. Cardinal Re, Dean of the Sacred College, gave a speech urging his fellow cardinals not to be guided by personal considerations. I imagine the Cardinals enter with minds…
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