Global Church News

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  Wait for white smoke in Vatican fires up social media

  May 06, 2025

  Conclave fever is also a reflection of the Vatican's successful turn to digital communications in recent years

  
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  Trump dismisses criticism of his AI generated pope image

  May 06, 2025

  The US president called it a joke, as Catholic leaders labelled it offensive during a sensitive time for the Church

  
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  Prayers, pride in Philippine papal favorite's hometown

  May 06, 2025

  It is Cardinal Tagle's work with the poor that largely defined his nearly two decades in his hometown diocese

  
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  Choosing the next pope after Francis

  May 06, 2025

  The most obvious frontrunner may not be the one who will secure the two-thirds vote

  
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  Child protection commission urges prayers for cardinals in conclave

  May 06, 2025

  The issue of clerical sexual abuse was among the discussions at several of the general congregation meetings

  
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  Whose outfit will new pope wear?

  May 06, 2025

  Tailor Raniero Mancinelli is taking the chance to offer his own set of white cassock for the new pope

  
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  Central Asian Catholics inspired by Pope Francis’ visits: bishop

  May 06, 2025

  Francis was the first pope in history to visit Azerbaijan (2016), Kazakhstan (2022), and Mongolia (2023)

  
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  The conclave's cardinals in numbers

  May 06, 2025

  Europe will continue to be the best-represented region with 52, or 39 percent of the cardinal electors

  
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  Cardinal at Rome parish focuses on Eucharist, not conclave

  May 06, 2025

  Joseph W. Tobin said there is a desire 'to have continuity' with the papacy of Pope Francis, but not an 'exact' replica

  
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  AI image of Trump as pope was 'not good,' says cardinal

  May 06, 2025

  An AI-generated image of US President Donald Trump dressed as the pope "was not good," Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said in Rome.