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Anonymous Cardinal ‘Demos II’ proposes agenda for next pope 

March 5, 2024 Catholic News Agency 7

White smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on March 13, 2013, signaling that the College of Cardinals has elected a new pope. / Credit: ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 5, 2024 / 19:30 pm (CNA).
In March … […]

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Analysis: How to interpret Pope Francis’ choice of new cardinals

July 11, 2023 Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency 7

Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti with Pope Francis / Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Jul 11, 2023 / 03:00 am (CNA).
With his ninth consistory in 10 years of his pontificate, Pope Francis will lock down his influence on the College of Cardinals for the… […]

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Analysis: Here’s how Pope Francis could influence the choice of his successor

April 18, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis delivered an address before praying the Regina Caeli on Divine Mercy Sunday April 16, 2023. / Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Apr 18, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
By deciding to leave the hospital as soon as possible last month and immediat… […]

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Who will vote for a new pope after Francis? A look at the cardinals by the numbers

August 25, 2022 Catholic News Agency 6

Pope Francis holds an Ordinary Public Consistory in the Consistory Hall of the Apostolic Palace, May 3, 2021. / Vatican Media.

St. Louis, Mo., Aug 25, 2022 / 15:37 pm (CNA).
The College of Cardinals is the group of the pope’s closest assistants… […]

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Cardinal George Pell turns 80, loses right to vote in papal conclave

June 8, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal George Pell at the annual Eucharistic procession at the Angelicum in Rome, May 13, 2021. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Rome, Italy, Jun 8, 2021 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Cardinal George Pell turned 80 years old on Tuesday, losing his eligibility to vote… […]

Analysis

The logic and danger of Pope Francis’s approach to selecting cardinals

December 1, 2020 Filip Mazurczak 39

On Saturday, Pope Francis created thirteen cardinals in a consistory, nine of whom will be eligible to vote in a future conclave. Of these, two are officials of the Roman curia while just two others […]

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