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ROME (CNS) — In a full church on a Monday evening in Rome, just two days before the conclave to elect a new pope was set to begin, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of Washington shared a confidence: “I have no guess” who will be chosen. Like many cardinals did the previous day, Cardinal McElroy celebrated…
Ready for conclave: U.S. cardinals move to Vatican North American cardinals staying at the US seminary in Rome boarded a small bus and departed with seminarians lining the street and waving them off with energetic applause. U.S. cardinals receive a sendoff from seminarians at the Pontifical North American College in Rome May 6, 2025, as…
WASHINGTON – “Continue to speak the truth, and treat every human being with dignity,” said Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) while hosting a meeting on May 1 with religious leaders from Ukraine. The USCCB welcomed representatives of The Ukrainian Council of the Churches of Religious Organizations (UCCRO)…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the College of Cardinals continues to discuss the church’s most pressing issues before the conclave, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors said it was encouraged that protecting children and vulnerable people was a priority in those discussions. In a statement published May 5, the commission called for prayers…
ROME (CNS) — As Catholics in Rome await the election of their new bishop, the pope, some of them celebrated Sunday Mass at their parishes with the cardinals who will enter a conclave May 7. When prelates are made cardinals, they are assigned a “titular” parish in Rome, which makes them members of the clergy…
ROME (CNS) — An AI-generated image of U.S. President Donald Trump dressed as the pope “was not good,” Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said in Rome. “I hope he didn’t have anything to do with that,” he told reporters before he entered Our Lady of Guadalupe Church where he celebrated Mass May 4.…