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Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, walks on a street on Feb. 13 close to St. Peter's Square in Rome. PHOTO: CNS/Max Rossi, Reuters

Popular Cardinal at forefront of making faith intelligible

A prominent voice at the Vatican in the run-up to the papal election, Italian Cardinal Gianfranco.

02 Mar 2013

Today’s cardinal-electors slightly older than group in 2005 conclave

Retired U.S. Cardinal Bernard F. Law, former archbishop of Boston, sits with other cardinals before.

01 Mar 2013

Canonist explains ‘rigid, highly formal’ rules for electing pope

The voting by cardinals to elect the next pope takes place behind the locked doors of the Sistine.

01 Mar 2013

The Pope and the Philistines

Benedict XVI’s papacy has been one of imagination and urbanity hampered by bureaucracy, writes.

01 Mar 2013

Michael Onaiyekan, whose brother is Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abjua, Nigeria, poses Feb. 24 at a restaurant in Tucson, Ariz., where he now lives. Onaiyekan talked with Catholic News Service about their childhood in a poor, farming family in Kabba, Nigeria. PHOTO: CNS/Patricia Zapor

Nigerian cardinal’s brother says he could have chosen any career path

Around their hometown of Kabba in the state of Kogi, Nigeria, Michael Onaiyekan is known these days.

01 Mar 2013

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, Pope Benedict XVI, Rabbi David Rosen and Wande Abimbola, representative for the Yoruba religion of Nigeria, smile as a dove is held up during the interfaith meeting for peace outside the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, ItalyEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, Pope Benedict XVI, Rabbi David Rosen and Wande Abimbola, representative for the Yoruba religion of Nigeria, smile as a dove is held up during the interfaith meeting for peace on Oct. 27 2012 outside the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy. PHOTO: CNS/Paul Haring

Pope Benedict prompted ecumenical friendships even as dialogue slowed

Pope Benedict XVI's pontificate was marked by strong ties of friendship and esteem with the leaders.

01 Mar 2013

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