Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Presiding over the late Pope Francis' funeral on April 26 will be one of his key advisers and the head of cardinal electors tasked ...

Cardinal Re asks the cardinals to vote "for the good of the Church and humanity". The 133 cardinals who will participate in the conclave attended in a strict procession the Pro Elegendo Romano ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state under Pope Francis, concelebrates a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 7, 2025, the first day of the conclave to elect a new pope.

'We are here to invoke the help of the Holy Spirit, to implore his light and strength so that the Pope elected may be he whom the Church and humanity need at this difficult and complex turning point ...

COMMENTARY: Preaching, worship and charity aren’t rival qualities but form a unified mission — and the new pope must live and lead with all three. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of ...

MANILA, Philippines — During his homily at the pre-conclave Holy Mass on Wednesday, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re emphasized that unity of the Catholic Church must be maintained despite diversity. Re ...

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 ...