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Cardinal Kevin Farrell and the College of Cardinals witness the cancellation of papal fisherman's ring and lead seal of Pope Francis on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in the New Synod Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican MediaCNA Newsroom, May 6, 2025 / 08:25 am (CNA).The conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor will begin on May 7, as the Church enters the final preparatory phase for choosing its 267th pope.Follow here for live updates of the latest news and information on the papal transition:
Cardinal Kevin Farrell and the College of Cardinals witness the cancellation of papal fisherman's ring and lead seal of Pope Francis on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in the New Synod Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media
CNA Newsroom, May 6, 2025 / 08:25 am (CNA).
The conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor will begin on May 7, as the Church enters the final preparatory phase for choosing its 267th pope.
Follow here for live updates of the latest news and information on the papal transition:
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Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone at the San Francisco walk for life on Jan. 21, 2023. / Credit: Dennis CallahanWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 16, 2025 / 18:03 pm (CNA).U.S. President Donald Trump has tapped San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone to serve on an advisory board for the country's newly established Religious Liberty Commission, according to an announcement from the archdiocese.Cordileone, who has served as archbishop since 2012, is the third member of the Catholic hierarchy to be given a role in the presidential commission's work. Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York and Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, are members of the commission."Religious liberty is a critical issue in our time that needs to be defended and addressed," Cordileone said in a statement. "I am happy to join my brother bishops in providing a Catholic voice on this important topic at a national level."Cordileone told CNA he does not know w...
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Pope Leo XIV addresses more than 100 ambassadors in an audience on Friday, May 16, 2025, in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, May 16, 2025 / 11:59 am (CNA).Pope Leo XIV on Friday said peaceful societies can be achieved if governments invested in families "founded upon the stable union between a man and a woman" in his first address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See.Welcoming more than 100 ambassadors to an audience held inside the Vatican's Clementine Hall, the Holy Father stated that resolving global inequalities as well as deep divisions between "continents, countries, and individual societies" starts in the home."This can be achieved above all by investing in the family, founded upon the stable union between a man and a woman, 'a small but genuine society, and prior to all civil society,'" he added, citing Rerum Novarum."Indeed, the Church can never be exempted from speaking the truth about humanity and the world, ...
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null / Credit: Jonathan Weiss/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 16, 2025 / 12:34 pm (CNA).Budget initiatives backed by several Republican lawmakers to cut federal funding for Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for the next fiscal year are facing opposition from prominent Catholic organizations.For Medicaid, the proposal would add work requirements for able-bodied adults under the age of 65 if they do not have young children as dependents. It would also shift some Medicaid costs to states if they offer benefits to immigrants who are in the country illegally.The proposed SNAP reforms would shift some costs to states and raise the work requirement age from 54 to 64. It would also implement stricter verifications to ensure money is not given to immigrants who are in the country illegally.These initiatives could potentially save the federal government more than $100 billion annually but could also cause millions of people to lose SNAP and Medi...
