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As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...
5. Prayer is a work of mercy. Praying for the living and the dead is a spiritual work of mercy. When we pray for the cardinal ...
On the seventh day of the Novendiales Masses for Pope Francis, Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti recalled the extreme sacrifice of Catholics from the Eastern Catholic Churches.
Iraqi Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako is the only cardinal from his nation. India is sending four cardinals to the conclave, the ...
The prayer book is the “ Ordo Rituum Conclavis ” (“Rites of the Conclave”), which was approved by St. John Paul II in 1998, ...
With the papal conclave beginning next week, here's what to know about when it starts and how long it is expected to last.
At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has certainly already begun.
Despite the warm embrace from Romans and while Rome observes nine days of mourning for the popular late pope, a few of ...