Cardinal Dean to Cardinals at Mass to begin Conclave: abandon personal considerations

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Mass Pro Eligendo Pontifice concelebrated by the 133 Cardinal electors on Wednesday morning, May 7 Photo: Vatican Media

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Swiss Guard: the Vatican army will “celebrate” its anniversary without the Pope and in this way

Under normal circumstances, May 6 is also the day on which new recruits — all young Catholic men of Swiss nationality — raise their hands and swear to protect the Pope, even at the cost of their lives

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Peculiar audience at the Vatican for the vice-president of Zimbabwe: who receives him if there is no Pope and no Secretary of State?

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PHOTO GALLERY: how the Sistine Chapel is getting ready to host the Conclave 2025

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Unpublished interview with Pope Francis

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Holiness, beautifully explained by Leo XIV on the Solemnity of All Saints

Address on the Occasion of the Angelus Prayer on Sunday, November 1, 2026

Leo XIV Appoints New Leadership to Guide the Synodal Process into Its Next Phase

Announced on October 30, the appointments fill the positions previously held by Bishop Luis Marín and Sister Nathalie Becquart. Marín has moved to the leadership of the Apostolic Almoner’s Office and the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, while Becquart, appointed in February 2021, concludes a period in which she became one of the most recognizable figures of the synodal process

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Cardinal Dean to Cardinals at Mass to begin Conclave: abandon personal considerations

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