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FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Now that the 133 cardinal electors are ensconced in the Sistine Chapel to elect a successor to Pope Francis, some potential candidates have come to the fore.
FaithFaith in Focus
Molly Cahill
When else do we get an opportunity like this, to take someone at this level of leadership at face value?
FaithEditorials
The Editors
As the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new leader, the editors of 'America' remember an extraordinary and beloved pontiff: Francis, a pope of monumental surprises.
FaithConclave Diary
J.D. Long García
For these next days of waiting, first and foremost for the cardinals in conclave and then also for all of us: Come, Holy Spirit, bringing wisdom, discernment and patience.
FaithFaith
Leilani FuentesConnor HartiganGrace Lenahan
And what pressing questions they believe the Catholic Church faces today
FaithPodcasts
Inside the VaticanJesuitical
What we know about the protocols being followed by the cardinals in conclave—and what happens next
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
Some five hours after the opening Mass, the cardinals were to process into the Sistine Chapel, swear an oath to uphold the conclave rules, listen to a final reflection and—if they chose to do so—conduct the first ballot.
FaithNews Analysis
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
Perhaps a revealing question is whether the church will continue the radical novelty Francis brought as a pope from a religious order—and whether this is the continuity needed now.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
'America' is covering its 10th papal conclave this week—and while the technology has changed, the content remains much the same.
FaithFaith in Focus
Quang D. Tran
No one gathers Christians—Catholics and non-Catholics alike—throughout the world, however imperfectly, in the way the pope does. The world needs the pope.
Co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla of the Alternative for Germany party hold a press conference in Berlin Sept. 2, 2024, after state elections in the Saxony and Thuringia regions of eastern Germany. (OSV News/Lisi Niesner, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Bridget Ryder
German Catholic bishops say that even where the party has not tipped into extremism, it has failed to reform itself of such tendencies. They charge that a nationalism incompatible with Christianity has become the AfD’s animating ideology.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the VaticanJesuitical
Who are the frontrunners entering the conclave, and how the voting could quickly confirm papabile lists or pivot to an unexpected candidate
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Cardinal Frank Leo, the 53-year-old archbishop of Toronto, told Gerard O’Connell that he does not think age or nationality is an important factor in choosing the next pope. His top priority? A leader who listens.
FaithOf Many Things
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
The choice of method, more than any difference in underlying doctrine, is where Pope Francis departed most radically from his predecessors.
FaithConclave Diary
Colleen Dulle
The conclave opens tomorrow, and the energy around the Holy See Press Office is alarmingly calm.
FaithDispatches
J.D. Long García
The chair of Peter may be empty, but the Vatican is still full.
FaithFaith in Focus
Cardinal John Dew
As the conclave draws near, I am becoming more nervous and apprehensive about what is ahead of us. But all I am asked to do is to trust in God.
FaithNews
Jim McDermott
The popular website, where people are randomly assigned a cardinal to pray for, has been revived for the 2025 conclave.
The facade of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary at Lourdes in April 2023, when the artwork of Marko Rupnik, a priest and former Jesuit now under investigation for sexual abuse, was still on view. Lourdes officials announced on March 31 that the sanctuary will cover the mosaics on the door of the basilica. (OSV News photo/courtesy Greg Erlandson)
FaithShort Take
Lucy Huh
The contrasting decisions regarding Marko Rupnik’s artwork at Fátima and Lourdes reveal much about the church’s commitment to those who have been harmed.
FaithExplainer
James T. Keane
The papal conclave will take place as usual in the hallowed space of the Sistine Chapel. What is the history of this famous church and its artistic treasures?