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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Seminarians reflect on Pope Benedict’s ministry, their own vocations
Doustou and fellow seminarians Rhett Williams and Deacons Scott Holmer and Dustin Dought reflects on the pope’s eight-year pontificate and its effect on their lives as young Catholics in interviews at Theological College of The Catholic University of America in Washington.
Amid pre-conclave meetings, cardinals gather for prayer
Seated under Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s statue “Chair of St. Peter,” which celebrates the teaching authority of the pope, more than 100 cardinals gathered March 6 to pray as they prepared to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI.
No conclave date, but cardinals develop ‘profile’ of new pope
Although by March 6 the world’s cardinals had not set a date to begin the conclave to elect a new pope, they had begun discussing “the profile” required of the next pope to meet the needs of the church, the Vatican spokesman said.
Cardinals discuss needs of church but don’t set conclave date
After completing their third pre-conclave meeting, the College of Cardinals still had not announced a date for the conclave. Instead, they used the March 4 and 5 meetings to discuss needs of the church.
Cardinals O’Malley, DiNardo: No rush to set date for conclave
Two U.S. cardinals who will vote in the upcoming papal election say there is no rush to set a date for voting, which could start as late as March 20.
Conclave ‘opens up a new future,’ Canada’s Cardinal Ouellet tells CBC
Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet said the conclave “opens up a new future” for the church and is a responsibility the cardinals see as “their main task.”
Cardinals begin pre-conclave meetings at Vatican
The College of Cardinals began their formal pre-conclave meetings March 4 with 142 members present, 103 of whom are under the age of 80 and eligible to enter the conclave to vote for a new pope.
Cardinal George: Next pope must embrace zero tolerance for sex abuse
The next pope must be “very aware” of the need for vigilance in preventing clergy sex abuse and accept a policy of “zero tolerance” as the universal law of the church, said Chicago’s Cardinal Francis E. George.
‘Sede vacante’ triggers changes in Mass texts, especially in Rome
Catholics around the world were left popeless late Feb. 28, but Catholics in the Diocese of Rome were left without their bishop as well. The resignation of the pope, the bishop of Rome, triggered changes in the Mass texts — particularly in the eucharistic prayers — used by priests all over the world.
Prayer and trembling: Cardinals recount experience of conclave
Less than half of the 117 cardinals eligible to vote for a successor to Pope Benedict XVI were in the 2005 conclave that elected him. Two of those that were — Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa and South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier — described the scene as being one of deep prayer and some trembling.
