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Reuters
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Cardinals offer glimpses into path Pope Leo XIV will follow
VATICAN CITY, May 9 (Reuters) - With the world still wondering how the fledgling papacy of Leo XIV will take wing, cardinals and other clerics gave glimpses into his background and his views on social issues on Friday, while carefully maintaining the secrecy of the conclave. German Cardinal Reinhard Marx said that Robert Prevost, elected pope on Thursday, had a breadth of experience, cultural knowledge and language skills from his time in the U.S. and Peru that made him a good fit for the role. "That convinced me to say that this could be a possibility. That's why I'm very happy in the end, I can tell you," Marx told reporters. Born in Chicago, Prevost worked for decades in Peru and is a dual U.S.-Peruvian citizen. Besides English and Spanish, he also speaks French, Italian, a bit of German and understands Latin. "He spoke his first word on peace. I think that was an important word, which he made clear once again," Marx added, referring to comments the new pope made from St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday. The German cardinal said Leo would continue to speak out against conflict and violence, following the example of Pope Francis. "There has to be another voice, and I think that's what is expected," he added. President Donald Trump hailed the appointment of the first U.S. pope, but social media posts show that Leo challenged U.S. policies on issues such as migration when he was a cardinal. "As the pope, he certainly won't want to provoke there, in that direction," Marx said, referring to relations with Trump, but adding that Leo would be prepared to take a stand when necessary. A senior member of Prevost's Augustinian religious order said he thought the new pope would be less impulsive than his predecessor Francis, who had a reputation for forthright, off-the-cuff comments. "Pope Francis would speak what was on his mind immediately. I think what we'll see with Pope Leo is a man who wants to think first and process what is the message he wants to deliver. And then deliver it," Rev. Joseph Farrell, Vicar General of the Order of St. Augustine, told Reuters in an interview. "I think that's an attractive aspect of somebody who's going to be in leadership and servant leadership in the church," said Farrell, who is not a cardinal and was not in the conclave. Farrell has known the pope since the mid-1980s and last saw him for lunch on Tuesday, the day before the 133 cardinal electors locked themselves in the Sistine Chapel for the secret conclave election. Prevost had been touted in the media as a possible candidate for the papacy, albeit not a frontrunner. "We asked him, you know, how are you doing with all of this? He said, well, to be honest, I'm not sleeping as well as I used to," Farrell said, adding that the future pontiff prayed with his Augustinian brothers and felt "a little emotional". The most important decision a new pope has to make is what they should be called, and Prevost gave an important indication of his priorities when he opted for Leo. "His name is his programme," said Serbian Cardinal Ladislav Nemet, archbishop of Belgrade, who dined with the new pope on Thursday night. The last pope to take the name Leo, Leo XIII, focused much of his 1878-1903 papacy on advocating for the rights of workers, calling for better pay, fair working conditions, and the right to join unions. Nemet told HRT Croatian Radio and Television that the subject of the name came up at the dinner conversation that he and other cardinals had with the new pope. "And it's very interesting, he said he wants to give more attention to issues of social order in the world, like issues of justice," Nemet told an HRT correspondent, who provided Reuters with a transcript of his comments. "(The pope) also said that we are inside a new revolution: in Leo XIII's time there was an industrial revolution going on, now there is a digital revolution going on. "Today, as in Leo XIII's time, there is the problem of jobs, because digitisation leads to a decrease in labour needed for work," Nemet said.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Students in Joplin, MO, begin process of electing new Pope
JOPLIN, Mo. — The process of electing a new Pope begins next week for cardinals. Today, warriors made a choice. Students at McAuley Catholic High School and St. Peter's Middle School in Joplin have been researching the cardinals who could be candidates for the work leading up to their mock conclave also entailed some of the current global and social concerns, as well as the impact of the catholic church on the world. There's one point four billion Catholics around the world. And so, it's important that our students think deeply about what is it that they believe? And what to the cardinals stand for who stand to be elected as Pope?' said Dr. Stephen Gilbreth, McAuley Cath. Hs & St. Peter's MS principal. Much like it will be, perhaps late next week, this smoke signified a pope had been the students, it's Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the current archbishop of for the real conclave, it begins next Wednesday inside the Sistine Chapel. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Herald Malaysia
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Herald Malaysia
Cardinals discuss economic situation of the Holy See at General Congregation
The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, told reporters on Wednesday that 180 Cardinals attended the seventh General Congregation, of whom 124 were Cardinal electors. May 01, 2025 VATICAN: The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, told reporters on Wednesday that 180 Cardinals attended the seventh General Congregation, of whom 124 were Cardinal electors. In the first part of the meeting, the Cardinals discussed the economic and financial situation of the Holy See, with contributions from Cardinals Reinhard Marx, Kevin Farrell, Christoph Schönborn, Fernando Vergez, and Konrad Krajewski. Cardinal Marx, coordinator of the Council for the Economy, presented several challenges, issues, and proposals from the perspective of sustainability, with the goal that the economic structures continue to support the reforms of the papacy. Cardinal Schönborn spoke as president of the IOR Oversight Commission, and Cardinal Vergez shared several details regarding the situation of the Governorate of Vatican City State, mentioning the ongoing renovation work. Cardinal Krajewski spoke about the activities of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity. In the second part of the General Congregation, 14 Cardinals intervened on various topics, including the ecclesiology of the people of God and the wound caused by polarization within the Church and the division in society; synodality and episcopal collegiality as a way to overcome polarization; and vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Several references were made to the conciliar texts Lumen gentium and Gaudium et spes; and they discussed evangelization, especially focusing on the consistency between what is lived and what is proclaimed. The General Congregation concluded at 12:30 PM with the prayer of the Regina Coeli .--Vatican News
Euronews
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Euronews
Who are the possible contenders to replace Pope Francis?
ADVERTISEMENT After a nine-day mourning period and funeral for Pope Francis, known as the Novendia, the Catholic Church will arrange the next conclave. The mysterious process, which is not open to the public, will take place in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. Here, the College of Cardinals will gather to elect the church's next head. The rules, as of 22 January 2025, state there are 138 electors out of 252 cardinals. Only those under the age of 80 may take part in the secret ballot. Four rounds of voting take place daily until one cardinal receives a two-thirds majority of the vote. The process typically lasts 15 to 20 days. Visitors admire the Sistine Chapel inside the Vatican Museums on the occasion of the museum's reopening, 3 May, 2021 AP Photo There are no rules for how long a conclave can last. In 1939, the conclave that elected Pope Pius XII lasted just one day. The longest conclave recorded began in 1268 in Viterbo in Italy and lasted nine years. Pope Francis was elected after five ballots over two days, and Benedict after four ballots in two days. But who are the possible contenders this time? Cardinal Peter Erdo Erdo, 72, the archbishop of Budapest and primate of Hungary, was twice elected head of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences, in 2005 and 2011, suggesting he enjoys the esteem of European cardinals who make up the biggest voting bloc of electors. In that capacity, Erdo got to know many African cardinals because the council hosts regular sessions with African bishops' conferences. Hungarian Cardinal Peter Erdo interviewed in Budapest, 20 April, 2023 AP Photo Cardinal Reinhard Marx The former president of the German bishops' conference, 71-year-old Marx was a strong proponent of the controversial "synodal path" process of dialogue in the German church that began in 2020 as a response to the clergy sexual abuse scandal there. As a result, he is viewed with scepticism by conservatives who considered the process a threat to church unity, given it involved debating issues such as celibacy, homosexuality and women's ordination. Marx made headlines in 2021 when he offered to resign as archbishop to atone for the German church's dreadful abuse record, but Francis rejected the resignation and told him to stay. Cardinal Reinhard Marx comments in a press conference in Munich, 27 January, 2022 AP Photo Cardinal Marc Ouellet Oullet, 80, of Canada, led the Vatican's influential bishops office for over a decade, overseeing the key clearinghouse for potential candidates to head dioceses around the world. Francis kept Ouellet in the job until 2023, even though he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI, and thus helped select the more doctrinaire bishops preferred by the German pontiff. Considered more of a conservative than Francis, Ouellet still selected pastorally minded bishops to reflect Pope Francis' belief that bishops should "smell like the sheep" of their flock. ADVERTISEMENT Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet holds on to his umbrella and his skull cap on a windy day as he walks in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, 6 March, 2013 AP Photo Cardinal Pietro Parolin Parolin, 70, of Italy, has been Francis' secretary of state since 2014 and is considered one of the main contenders to be pope, given his prominence in the Catholic hierarchy. The veteran diplomat oversaw the Holy See's controversial deal with China over bishop nominations and was involved, but not charged, in the Vatican's botched investment in a London real estate venture that led to a 2021 trial of another cardinal and nine others. ADVERTISEMENT A former ambassador to Venezuela, Parolin knows the Latin American church well. He would be seen as someone who would continue in Francis' tradition but as a more sober and timid diplomatic insider, returning an Italian to the papacy after three successive outsiders: St. John Paul II (Poland); Benedict (Germany) and Francis (Argentina). Secretary of State of the Holy See Cardinal Pietro Parolin speaks during a plenary session at the COP29 Climate Summit in Baku, 13 November, 2024 AP Photo Cardinal Robert Prevost The idea of an American pope has long been taboo, given the geopolitical power already wielded by the United States. But the Chicago-born Prevost, 69, could be a first. He has extensive experience in Peru, first as a missionary and then an archbishop, and he is currently prefect of the Vatican's powerful dicastery for bishops, in charge of vetting nominations for bishops around the world. Francis clearly had an eye on him for years and sent him to run the diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, in 2014. ADVERTISEMENT He held that position until 2023, when Francis brought him to Rome for his current role. Cardinal Robert Sarah Sarah, 79, of Guinea, the retired head of the Vatican's liturgy office, was long considered the best hope for an African pope. Beloved by conservatives, Sarah would signal a return to the doctrinaire and liturgically minded papacies of John Paul II and Benedict. Sarah, who had previously headed the Vatican's charity office Cor Unum, clashed on several occasions with Pope Francis, none more seriously than when he and Pope Benedict co-authored a book advocating the 'necessity' of continued celibacy for Latin Rite priests. ADVERTISEMENT The book came out as Francis was weighing whether to allow married priests in the Amazon to address a priest shortage there. Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, left, talks with Cardinal Robert Sarah in Rome, 14 October, 2015 AP Photo Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn Schoenborn, 80, the archbishop of Vienna, Austria, was a student of Pope Benedict's and thus on paper seems to have the doctrinaire academic chops to appeal to conservatives. However, he became associated with one of Pope Francis' most controversial moves by defending his outreach to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics as an 'organic development of doctrine,' not the rupture that some conservatives contended. ADVERTISEMENT Schoenborn's parents divorced when he was a teen, so the issue is personal. He also took heat from the Vatican when he criticised its past refusal to sanction high-ranking sexual abusers, including his predecessor as archbishop of Vienna. Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn attends a press conference at the Vatican, Friday, 8 April, 2016 AP Photo Cardinal Luis Tagle Tagle, 67, of the Philippines, would appear to be Pope Francis' pick for the first Asian pontiff. Francis brought the popular archbishop of Manila to Rome to head the Vatican's missionary evangelisation office, which serves the needs of the Catholic Church in much of Asia and Africa. ADVERTISEMENT His role took on greater weight when Francis reformed the Vatican bureaucracy and raised the importance of his evangelisation office. Tagle often cites his Chinese lineage – his maternal grandmother was part of a Chinese family that moved to the Philippines -- and he is known for becoming emotional when discussing his childhood. Cardinal Luis Tagle smiles as he listens reporters questions during a press conference on the Synod at the Vatican, 23 October, 2018 AP Photo
