Cardinals celebrate the Novendiales Masses on the fourth day of mourning for Pope Francis on April 29, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 30, 2025 / 09:23 am (CNA). The College of Cardinals on Wednesday called on Catholics around the world to pray for them as…
Archbishop Cardinal John Njue and Archbishop Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera. / Credit: Centro Televisivo Vaticano, CC BY 3.0 via Creative Commons; Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 30, 2025 / 09:43 am (CNA). The archdioceses of Spanish Cardinal Antonio Cañizares and Kenyan Cardinal John Njue on Wednesday both confirmed the two prelates will not participate in…
Pope Francis during a general audience. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Buenos Aires, Argentina, Apr 30, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). As the faithful of Buenos Aires bid farewell to Pope Francis with a symbolic embrace in the Plaza de Mayo after the heavily attended Mass celebrated by the local archbishop April 29, a familiar…
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Above: a photo op with the Synod on Synodality. Source. The Scene: Several months have elapsed since the death of the pope. After days of debate over who might become the next pontiff, speculation has turned to when the conclave will be over. What is taking so long? Rumors abound: might there be fierce infighting…
null / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Apr 30, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Cardinals from around the world have made their way to the Vatican to participate in a centuries-old tradition known as a conclave — a meeting in which the College of Cardinals gathers to elect a new pope. The Catholic Church currently…
Following the passing of Pope Francis, I have been disturbed not by the ensuing commentary but by some of the callousness and cruelty that emerged from certain ideological camps. After I made a simple and respectful post on social media about his passing, I encountered a series of unhinged, dehumanizing responses. Some came from self-proclaimed…
Does anybody in the hierarchy still believe that not all dogs and people go to Heaven…at least immediately? Following the announcement of John Paul II’s death, apparently all Holy Fathers now go directly by courtesy line to “the home of the Father.” And there have already been murmurings of “santo subito” about Francis. In his…
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