null / Credit: Mehdi Kasumov/Shutterstock Washington D.C., May 2, 2025 / 16:38 pm (CNA). A panel of scholars at The Catholic University of America (CUA) addressed what they believe the cardinals may be looking for when electing the next pope but acknowledged there is no way to know what direction the upcoming conclave — which…

A policeman stands guard at a checkpoint along a street in Srinagar on May 1, 2025. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the military “operational freedom” to respond to a deadly attack in Kashmir that New Delhi has blamed on arch-rival Pakistan, a senior government said on April 29. / Credit: BASIT ZARGAR/Middle East…

Cardinals participate in the fifth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on April 30, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA CNA Staff, May 2, 2025 / 13:49 pm (CNA). The conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor will begin on May 7. (Here’s a detailed explanation of how the process will…

null / Credit: Tatiana Beschastnova/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, May 2, 2025 / 12:46 pm (CNA). “Everything is connected,” Pope Francis wrote — five times — in his encyclical Laudato Si’. Since its publication in 2015, this text has become a reference for environmental protection and an uncomfortable reminder for many others: The earth is wounded,…

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Camden, New Jersey. / Credit: Farragutful via Wikimedia (CC BY_SA 4.0) CNA Staff, May 2, 2025 / 11:27 am (CNA). Camden, New Jersey, Bishop Joseph Williams this week said he will do right by abuse victims in his diocese amid an ongoing legal dispute over a potential grand jury…

Cardinals celebrate the sixth Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on May 1, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, May 2, 2025 / 11:59 am (CNA). The upcoming conclave to elect the successor to Pope Francis will be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church, with…