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  • Published on 13:13 GMT

    Meet the 16 cardinals who could potentially succeed Pope Francis

    The Roman Catholic Church will appoint a new pope. Pope Francis died recently. Here are the 16 cardinals who may succeed him. With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will …

    Source: News24 - Neutral
  • Published on 20:20 GMT

    Four decades ago, the pope was chosen by mostly Europeans. This conclave is entirely different

    At Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Kellyville in western Sydney, a Filipino congregation gathers for Sunday mass. Hymns are sung in English, Tagalog and Latin. In front of the panoramic stained glass window is an altar to memorialise Pope Francis, his …

    Source: ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Neutral
  • Published on 07:40 GMT

    16 potential successors to Pope Francis

    The 15 cardinals who are among the potential favourites to become the next pope, known as the "papabili."on April 21, 2025. [AFP] With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about …

    Source: The Standard - Indeterminate
  • Published on 04:36 GMT

    Who are the main contenders to be the next pope?

    Cardinals from around the world will meet this week to formally begin selecting the next pope in a secret ballot after the late Pope Francis‘s funeral on April 26. The vote itself will take place behind the sealed doors of the Sistine Chapel sometime after …

    Source: Al Jazeera - Pro-Government
  • Published on 17:29 GMT

    A conclave like no other: How this papal pick…

    The conclave that begins May 7 to pick a successor to Pope Francis will feature many long-established rituals, as befits a church that has been around for well over 1,000 years. Cardinal electors will be sequestered from the outside world until a new pope …

    Source: USA Today - Neutral
  • Published on May 3, 2025

    Africans say a Black pope would be nice to have

    KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is a long shot, though some are cautiously optimistic that Pope Francis’ successor could be a Black cardinal …

    Source: The Antelope Valley Press - California - Pending
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    Smoke signals: Why a black pope may not necessarily be progressive

    Sandile Mdadane|Published 27 minutes ago 7min THE Vatican City has announced next Wednesday as the day of the papal conclave after the passing of Pope Francis on Easter Monday and who was buried last Saturday. Because of his revolutionary approach, Pope …

    Source: Sunday Tribune - Indeterminate
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    Who will be the next Pope? Here are seven names

    Stay up to date with Christian news in Europe? Sign up for CNE's newsletter Of course, the Pope has no authority outside the few square hectometres of the Vatican City-State. And yet, numerous heads of state at Pope Francis’ funeral testify to the …

    Source: Christian Network Europe - Right-wing
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    Who are the contenders to be pope? They include a street priest, a missionary and a Lutheran convert

    Job description: Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the characteristics necessary to become pope. After St. John Paul II broke the …

    Source: Santa Maria Times - California - Neutral
  • Published on 02:50 GMT

    Cardinals’ homilies before conclave speak volumes

    VATICAN CITY (RNS) — At a church in a Roman suburb on Sunday (May 4), Congolese Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa preached on a story from the Gospel of John in which Jesus’ followers in the days after his death returned to their day jobs, …

    Source: Religion News Service - Neutral
  • Published on May 1, 2025

    Backer of Cardinal Parolin attacks Pope Francis’ push for lay involvement in church governance

    Cardinal Beniamino Stella stunned many cardinals this morning, April 30, at the seventh pre-conclave plenary assembly of cardinals when, according to a cardinal present, “he openly attacked Pope Francis” for “bypassing the long-standing tradition of the …

    Source: America Magazine - Center-left
  • Published on Apr 30, 2025

    Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin is the favorite to be the next pope, ahead of Filipino Luis Antonio Tagle

    In one more week, on May 7th at 4:30 pm Italian time, the 133 cardinals qualified to participate in the conclave will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican for the first round of voting in search of the successor to Pope Francis and the new …

    Source: Metro World News - Pending
  • Published on May 1, 2025

    A new Pope after Francis’ Impactful and Exemplary Papacy, By PAUL EJIME

    In life and more so in death, Pope Francis earned universal respect for enthroning humility, simplicity, courage, and love for the poor and the marginalised,  during his 12-year papacy marked by exemplary evangelical leadership. More than 50 heads of state …

    Source: National Accord Newspaper - Neutral
  • Published on May 1, 2025

    Africans say a Black pope would be nice to have. But they are not too hopeful

    Audio By Carbonatix KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is a long shot, though some are cautiously optimistic that Pope Francis’ successor could be …

    Source: SRN News - Center-right
  • Published on Apr 30, 2025

    10 Cardinals who might be the next pope

    So many voices have given their take on the "frontrunners." Here's a look at some of the cardinals people are talking about ahead of the 2025 conclave. So which member of the College of Cardinals is going to be the next pope?  As my mother …

    Source: Aleteia - Neutral
  • Published on May 4, 2025

    Italians miss papal pomp at summer retreat deserted by Francis

    On a warm spring morning in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, starlings swooped over the cobbled streets and Alberto de Angelis, the mayor, recalled the last time a pope was elected. About an hour south of Rome by train, the picturesque town had been …

    Source: The Times - Center-right
  • Published on Apr 29, 2025

    7 Global challenges facing the next pope (and some at home)

    As always at the end of a papacy, there are ongoing challenges that the new pope will have to face, taking up where Pope Francis left off. Pope Francis served as Successor of Peter for just over 12 years, having been chosen in 2013. Just as the Argentine …

    Source: Aleteia - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 30, 2025

    One of these cardinals could become the new pope

    There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered "papabile," or possessing the characteristics necessary to become pope. After St. John Paul II broke the centurieslong Italian hold on the papacy in 1978, the …

    Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia - Neutral
  • Published on May 3, 2025

    Explainer: The papal conclave

    The process to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died on 21 April, is now under way with the conclave — the balloting — beginning on Wednesday 7 May. Catherine Pepinster explains what the conclave involves, who takes part, and what kind of pope is …

    Source: Religion Media Centre - Pending

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