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CNA explains: What is a conclave and how does it work?

April 29, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

A view of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel on Oct. 29, 2014. / Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA

CNA Staff, Apr 29, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88, was laid to rest at the Basilica of St. Mary Major following his funeral … […]

The Dispatch

St. Catherine of Siena and leaving the Church

April 29, 2025 Thomas McDermott, OP 34

In the wake of so many clerical sex abuse scandals, to many people the Catholic Church appears hypocritical and bankrupt morally and spiritually. In the midst of such trying times, how can Catholics justify remaining […]

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Pope Francis’ praise for St. Catherine of Siena

April 29, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

Detail from St. Catherine of Siena from the circle of Baldassare Francheschini (17th century). / Credit: Baldassare Franceschini, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Vatican City, Apr 29, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).
On the feast of St. Catherine of… […]

The Dispatch

A glimpse of twenty “unexpectedly Catholic” writers

April 28, 2025 Matthew Becklo 3

The worlds of Catholic theology and philosophy can, at times, feel overwhelmingly vast. One could spend an entire lifetime studying just one or two thinkers, never mind the whole panoply of brilliance across two thousand […]

Essay

Lessons for a new pope from the greatest popes

April 28, 2025 Dawn Beutner 7

Since the death of the first pope, Saint Peter, two hundred and sixty-five men have succeeded him in that office. And now, following the death and burial of Pope Francis, we can consider how the […]

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Full text: Homily of Cardinal Reina on third day of Novendiales

April 28, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

Cardinal Baldassare Reina, vicar general for the Diocese of Rome, preaches the homily during the third day of Novendiales Masses for Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica on April 28, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

CNA Newsroom, Apr 28, 2025 … […]

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‘Discern and order’: Cardinal calls for continuation of Pope Francis’ reform path

April 28, 2025 Catholic News Agency 4

Cardinal Baldassare Reina celebrates Mass on Day 3 of the Novendiales Masses for Pope Francis on April 28, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

CNA Newsroom, Apr 28, 2025 / 18:42 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Baldassar… […]

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Kurdish family helped by Pope Francis: ‘He saved us’

April 28, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

In July 2022, Imán Nader and her family were able to greet Pope Francis after the general audience. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Apr 28, 2025 / 17:28 pm (CNA).
“Pope Francis was a courageous man. He always sought peace. He looked at ev… […]

The Dispatch

Study of over 865,000 abortion pill patients: 11% suffer ‘serious adverse events’

April 28, 2025 Catholic News Agency 5

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 28, 2025 / 16:52 pm (CNA).
A first-of-its-kind study that delves into public health insurance records found that more than 1 in 10 women who take the abortion pill mifepristone… […]

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Meet the 5 oldest cardinals taking part in the 2025 conclave 

April 28, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

From left to right: Cardinal Robert Sarah, Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko, Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra, Cardinal Joseph Coutts, and Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA; Romanuspontifex, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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