Tag: conclave

(This column was submitted to OSV prior to the election of Pope Leo XIV.) Q: How do God's will and the Holy Spirit play a...

Chilean Cardinal Fernando Chomalí described the conclave that elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV as a profoundly spiritual and joyful experience,...

PARIS -- As the world watches Rome for the election of a new pope, the southern French city of Avignon reflects on its own...

VATICAN CITY -- "If the Holy Spirit is inspiring them, why do the cardinals need more than one ballot to elect a pope?" a...

ROME -- Of the 135 cardinals eligible to enter the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect the next pope, one absence has sparked...

VATICAN CITY -- As expected, the 133 cardinals who entered the Sistine Chapel May 7 failed to elect the next pope on their first...

WASHINGTON -- As the Catholic Church and its cardinals prepare for May's conclave, a new study by the Pew Research Center shows that U.S....

BRANDYWINE HUNDRED – White smoke blew in front of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church on the afternoon of May 6. The “cardinals” who attend...

The papal conclave begins today with the first voting expected to come by early afternoon (Eastern time) or early evening (Rome time). It is...

ROME -- As cardinals from around the world gathered the morning of May 5 for another day of general congregations ahead of the May...