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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The Pope and Donald Trump: Addressing the Blurred Lines Between the Sacred and Profane — By: Crisis Magazine

A few days ago, Catholic and political social media started buzzing. As many Catholics picked up their beads, revisited novenas, and committed to extra prayers for the papal conclave, the White House and President Donald Trump’s official accounts shared an AI image of him dressed as pope. And of course, chaos ensued. The image seemed…

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