FULL TEXT & VIDEO: Cardinal Re’s homily for the Mass for the election of the Supreme Pontiff — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, gives the homily in St. Peter’s Basilica at the ‘Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice’ Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on May 7, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, May 7, 2025 / 04:43 am (CNA). Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals,…

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Cardinal Rueda: A conclave is ‘quite different’ from the election of a president — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio, archbishop of Bogota, Colombia. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, May 7, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA). Colombian Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio pointed out that the atmosphere among the cardinals is “quite different” from what people who associate a papal conclave “with a democratic election of a president”…

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Justice Department seeks to dismiss lawsuit challenging Biden-era abortion pill rules — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: pim pic/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 6, 2025 / 18:11 pm (CNA). The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday urged a federal judge in Texas to dismiss an ongoing lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its removal of safety restrictions on abortion drugs.   In its filing on Monday, the Department…

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