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The election of Robert Prevost OSA on May 8, 2025, has been so providential for our church and our wider society. This prayerful, gentle and thoughtful Augustinian, with his message of peace, from the very first moment of his pontificate, has brought healing and balm to our souls....
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Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça—a poet and Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education—reflects on the connection between poetic art and peace in an interview with Vatican News....
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The appointment of Archbishop Gabriele Caccia as apostolic nuncio to the United States brings to a close the tenure of one of the most significant papal nuncios in the history of the Vatican's relationship with the U.S., that of Cardinal Christophe Pierre. Caccia has some very large shoes to fill....
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Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., concludes his visit to Ukraine and speaking to Vatican News, he reflects on the most moving encounters he experienced in the war-torn country....
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Cardinal Stephen Chow, 65, the bishop of Hong Kong, was the only Chinese cardinal to vote in the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. He spoke to America’s Vatican correspondent about his experience in the conclave....
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“Look at all these people here, with so many different charisms, and we pray in different languages,” he said. “But we are all here to pray to God, to Jesus and to be united as Christians.”...
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Fr. Alejandro Moral, Prior General of the Augustinians and a long-time friend of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, tells Vatican News that the new Pope "immediately spoke of justice and peace and of bridges between all, of synodality."...
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From the moment of that interview, I have constantly reminded myself that the conclave is a time of prayer and is set in the context of prayer....
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The cardinals participating in the conclave are forbidden to speak about anything surrounding the ballots during which they must choose the future pope. Yet, this obligation of secrecy is not always respected....