There are just three days now — Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday —before the beginning of the papal conclave on Wednesday, May 7. *** In these days, I have glimpsed, and sometimes greeted, several cardinals in the streets of Rome — for example, English Cardinals Timothy Radcliffe and Arthur Roche, American Cardinals Robert McElroy and Donald [...]
By ITV staff The College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church, a body first created in its present form in 1150 by Pope Nicholas II to choose a new Pope, at this writing contains 252 members. 137 of them are eligible to vote in the next conclave, the gathering which elects the Pope. Now that the [...]
"His appointment is a cover for that other more effective appointment — of Cardinal Sandri — which has been prepared ad hoc to pilot the next conclave . . ." —Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò in a new letter released today entitled "The Faithful Have a Right to Know" "I have a long-standing friendship with Cardinal Sandri [...]
