Creation, Last Judgment, stoves: Workers ready Sistine Chapel for conclave May 3, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Vatican, World News In preparation for the conclave, workers placed a protective covering over the marble mosaic floors and started carrying in pipes, couplers and sheets of subflooring.
Warm, welcoming, French cardinal works with migrants, Mediterranean May 3, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News Good-natured, affable and dedicated to dialogue, French Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille coordinates a churchwide network in the Mediterranean region, a mission he received from Pope Francis.
Cardinal Parolin, top aide to Pope Francis, has key role in conclave May 3, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state since early in the pontificate of Pope Francis, has long been near the top of pundits’ lists of potential successors to the Argentine pope.
As conclave nears, all but four cardinal electors are in Rome May 2, 2025By Cindy Wooden OSV News Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News 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, according to the Vatican press office.
Holy Spirit, humanity on hand for conclave, says Maryland priest who served at papal election May 2, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, World News With the conclave just a few days away, the pastor of a Maryland parish told OSV News he has “an enormous degree of confidence” in the papal selection process, having seen it from the inside in 2005 when Pope Benedict XVI was chosen.
Conclave: Going inside and exploring the history of a papal election May 2, 2025By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News The extensive role of the cardinals in today’s papal elections and in the church can be traced to the 11th century and Pope Nicholas II.
Trump establishes religious liberty commission including Cardinal Dolan, Bishop Barron May 2, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News President Donald Trump on May 1 signed an executive order creating a religious liberty commission during an interfaith event marking the National Day of Prayer in the White House Rose Garden.
French-born cardinal has decades of diplomatic experience in Americas, Africa May 2, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News French Cardinal Christophe Pierre, 79, has worked the past 48 years in the Vatican’s diplomatic service, most recently as papal nuncio to the United States for the past nine years.
7 reasons to pray for the cardinals in conclave May 2, 2025By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News As the College of Cardinals gathers in Rome for the conclave that will elect our next pope, the rest of us may feel like we have no real role to play in the process.
Hungarian cardinal from ‘the heart of Europe’ shows decades of leadership May 2, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News Although not a familiar name in the U.S. press, Hungarian Cardinal Péter Erdo of Esztergom-Budapest, 72, is a major figure among his peers in Europe, the church’s traditional heartland and the region of about 38.5% of the cardinal electors.
Before conclave, cardinal warns of cruelty hidden behind ‘elegant speeches’ May 1, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News As the Catholic Church’s cardinals prepare to elect a new pope, they must be wary of “elegant speeches” that hide a subtle cruelty toward the poor and vulnerable, said the Vatican’s former doctrinal chief.
Challenges new pope will face — and qualities experts say he’ll need May 1, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News The challenge of leading a Catholic flock of 1.4 billion, from that moment on, will be on his shoulders. From theologians to Vatican insiders, there’s agreement that the next pontiff must balance deep faith with sharp governance.
