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Pope Leo XIV: Peacemaker and openness in an historic name

1 week ago | catholicweekly.com.au | Justin Mclellan

Even before he stepped out on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica and spoke 8 May, Pope Leo XIV’s choice of a name was a powerful statement. Following Pope Francis, who chose a completely new name in church history, Pope Leo opted for a name steeped in tradition that also conveys an openness to engaging with the modern world.
New pope greeted by ecstatic crowds in St Peter's Square

1 week ago | catholicweekly.com.au | Carol Glatz

When white smoke came pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney and the bells of St Peter’s Basilica started pealing, people who had been relaxing at cafes or sitting in the shade went running or quickly walking toward St Peter’s Square. “Hurry! Get over here! It’s happening!” one young man shouted into his phone, smiling as he sprinted down the street. “Who knows who it will be,” a mom said to her young child squirming in a stroller.
A morning of black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney

1 week ago | catholicweekly.com.au | Carol Glatz

The 133 cardinals who entered the conclave failed to reach a two-thirds supermajority of at least 89 votes to elect a new pope during their morning session May 8. On the second day of voting, two rounds of ballots were scheduled: the first two in the morning after Mass and a brief prayer at 9.30am and then another two, if needed, after 4pm.
Calling on the Holy Spirit and all the saints, cardinals begin conclave | The Catholic Weekly

1 week ago | catholicweekly.com.au | Cindy Wooden

Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognising that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel with a singular goal: to elect “a worthy pastor” for the universal church. Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the top-ranking cardinal among the electors, led the cardinals in prayer at 4.30pm 7 May in the Apostolic Palace’s Pauline Chapel, just a short distance from the Sistine Chapel.
Conclave: First ballot fails to elect pope

1 week ago | catholicweekly.com.au | Justin Mclellan

As expected, the 133 cardinals who entered the Sistine Chapel 7 May failed to elect the next pope on their first ballot. After celebrating Mass for the election of a pope, processing into the Sistine Chapel and swearing a solemn oath of perpetual secrecy on the conclave proceedings, the cardinal electors cast their first ballot in the conclave. The ballot, however, failed to reach the two-thirds supermajority, or 89 votes, that is required for a new pope to be elected.
Touching joy at Bishop Percy’s ordination Mass

1 week ago | catholicweekly.com.au | Michael Cook

You can almost touch joy in a Gothic cathedral. That’s what I was thinking as I attended the ordination of Sydney’s newest auxiliary bishop, Tony Percy. At the Communion, the Ave verum soared up and up and up to the star-coffered ceiling, bursting in fireworks of radiant sound, raining Mozart over the congregation. You could almost hear “the Cherubim and Seraphim crying out to you in endless praise,” as the choir sang in the Te Deum. Not just the song, but the silence.
Cardinal Tobin, at Rome parish, focuses on Eucharist, not conclave | The Catholic Weekly

1 week ago | catholicweekly.com.au | Cindy Wooden

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 7 May. When prelates are made cardinals, they are assigned a “titular” parish in Rome, which makes them members of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome. In the early days of the church, the clergy of the diocese elected the pope.
Cardinal Mykola Bychok is the youngest cardinal in the conclave | The Catholic Weekly

2 weeks ago | catholicweekly.com.au

The presence of Cardinal Mykola Bychok has not gone unnoticed among the cardinals given he is not even 50 years old.
Cardinal says he will obey late pope's sanctions, not enter conclave | The Catholic Weekly

2 weeks ago | catholicweekly.com.au | Carol Glatz

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who lost the rights associated with being a cardinal after Pope Francis asked him to resign in 2020, said he would obey the late pope’s wishes and not seek to enter the conclave 7 May.
Conclave prayer campaign for cardinals seeks to put "faith into action" | The Catholic Weekly

2 weeks ago | catholicweekly.com.au | Gina Christian

Ahead of the 7 May start of the papal conclave, the Pontifical Missions Societies USA is inviting faithful to pray—not only for the assembly as a whole, but for a specific cardinal elector who will help to choose the next successor of St Peter, following Pope Francis’ death 21 April at the age of 88. “As Catholics, we believe in the transformative power of prayer, and now is the moment to put that faith into action,” said Msgr.