As members of the College of Cardinals met May 5, all 133 cardinals who plan to enter the conclave to elect a new pope had arrived in Rome, the Vatican …
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If you ask an Italian, almost five decades of having foreigners as pope is enough. The pope is the bishop of Rome, and it is time …
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Several cardinals chose to celebrate Mass at their titular churches May 4, the last Sunday before they enter the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a new pope.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is a popular speaker who is comfortable in several languages, has traveled extensively and is known for his focus on evangelization and …
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“His pontificate was a light for all of us,” said Sister Mary T. Barron, superior of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles and president of the International Union …
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While no one expects cardinals to vote as geographical blocs for a new pope, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, president of the African bishops’ council, and the …
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Sistine Chapel preps for the conclave, which is set to begin May 7.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Although conventional wisdom says he is too young to become pope, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, began appearing on media lists of possible …
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For more than 100 years, the Gammarelli family’s clerical tailor shop near the Pantheon in Rome has created three white wool cassocks — large, medium and small — with an …
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All but four of the 135 cardinals who are eligible to enter the conclave May 7 to vote for a new pope had arrived in Rome by May 2.
