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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The 133 cardinals who entered the conclave failed to reach a two-thirds supermajority of at least 89 votes to elect a new pope during their morning session May 8.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News
Anticipation and excitement were in the air in St. Peter’s Square and the surrounding environs as thousands of faithful and curiosity seekers alike gazed for hours at a small chimney atop the Sistine Chapel.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News
As expected, the 133 cardinals who entered the Sistine Chapel May 7 failed to elect the next pope on their first ballot.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Remembering Pope Francis, World News
The panel discussion, on the eve of the Vatican conclave beginning May 7, was the final “Francis Factor” discussion for the university’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, World News
Host of the “Bible in a Year” and “Catechism in a Year” podcasts and a frequent presenter for Ascension, Father Mike Schmitz has been leading a novena praying for the cardinals and the conclave, which over a million people have viewed.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel with a singular goal: to elect “a worthy pastor” for the universal church.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The Vatican’s approach to security protocols for the papal conclave “sets a gold standard for organizations handling sensitive decisions,” security expert and author Theresa Payton told OSV News.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News
Cardinal Oswald Gracias of India, considered a member of the late pontiff’s inner circle, offered OSV News a candid and deeply personal reflection on the late pontiff’s legacy, the pre-election meetings, and the kind of leader the church needs next. The conclave to elect him starts May 7.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News
In Rome, the conclave is the talk of the town: from speculation over a morning espresso about who will be the next pope to taxi drivers complaining about how roadblocks have made their work even more difficult.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
At Mass before the conclave that will elect the next pope, the dean of the College of Cardinals urged his brothers to choose the shepherd the church and all of humanity need “at this difficult and complex and tormented” turning point in history.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News
A former Vatican nuncio and collaborator in the Roman Curia, Sri Lankan Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith, 77, has been leading the Archdiocese of Colombo since 2009.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Commentary
Those wielding power in these days should not be able to use official days of mourning to try to shape a conclave, especially if it’s true that the conclave is to be exercised in freedom and open to the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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