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Conclave Has Wide Geographical Mix Of Cardinals
April 7, 2005The coming conclave is expected to be the largest in history, with a wide geographical mix of cardinal-electors. There are 117 cardinals under age 80 and therefore eligible to vote in a papal election. They come from 53 different countries, and the vast majority of them have served as pastors in archdioceses around the world. […]
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Election Of New Pope Follows Detailed Procedure
April 7, 2005The voting by cardinals to elect the next pope takes place behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, following a highly detailed procedure last revised by the late Pope John Paul II. Under the rules, secret ballots can be cast once on the first day of the conclave, then normally twice during each subsequent […]
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Cardinals Set April 18 As Start Of Conclave
April 7, 2005As a record number of mourners continued to file past Pope John Paul II’s body, the world’s cardinals set April 18 for the start of the election of his successor. The cardinals, in their third day of meetings, also read Pope John Paul’s last will and testament. The document, about 15 pages long, will be […]
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Pope’s Death Sets In Motion Period Of Transition
April 7, 2005The death of Pope John Paul II set in motion a complicated period of transition, an interval marked by mourning, a slowdown in Vatican operations and the election of a new pope. Regulated by ancient traditions and recent rules, the period between popes—known by the Latin term “interregnum”—began moments after the pope’s death April 2. […]
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Why The Body Of The Pope Was Laid Out In Red Vestments
April 7, 2005Why was the late Pope John Paul II clothed in red vestments for the viewing of his body? The answer is because red is “associated with the feasts of the apostles,” according to Msgr. Anthony Sherman, associate director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Liturgy, “and the pope is the first among the apostles.” The […]
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Endless Line, Boundless Affection For Pope John Paul II
April 7, 2005The line seemed endless, and so did the outpouring of affection for Pope John Paul II. All day and all night they came to St. Peter’s Basilica to say goodbye to the late pope, whose body lay on a damask-covered bier in front of the main altar. No one remembered seeing this big a crowd […]
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People Of God Encouraged To Pray For Cardinal Electors
April 7, 2005During the vacancy of the Apostolic See, and above all during the time of the election of the Successor of Peter, the Church is united in a very special way with her Pastors and particularly with the Cardinal electors of the Supreme Pontiff, and she asks God to grant her a new Pope as a […]
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Pope John Paul II Looked Closely At Role Of Women
April 7, 2005In authoritative theological documents and in heartfelt pastoral letters, Pope John Paul II looked at the role of women in the church and in the world more closely than any other pope in modern history. On topics as diverse as the priesthood, motherhood, abortion, work, religious life and peacemaking, women were a recurring and often […]
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he Pope’s Love For Mary Is A Spiritual Legacy
April 7, 2005Does having a devotion to Mary, the Mother of Jesus, detract from our union with the Lord? It’s a question that many have asked, Catholic and Protestant alike. During the Second World War, the dark years of Nazi occupation in Poland, a factory worker in this war-torn country, Karol Wojtyla, grappled with this very question. […]
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As Thousands Pray Outside, Pope John Paul II Dies
April 7, 2005A historic papacy of more than 26 years ended with the death of Pope John Paul II on Saturday, April 2, after a long struggle with illness. The Vatican announced the pope’s death at 9:54 p.m. Rome time, two days after the pontiff suffered septic shock and heart failure brought on by a urinary tract […]