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  • Published on May 1, 2025

    From Congo to the Vatican: Cardinal Ambongo’s papal shot

    Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, the Congolese prelate among those from the continent who Africans hope will lead the papacy after the death of Pope Francis, is a divisive figure in his home country of some 50 million Catholics. His speeches and sermons, …

    Source: The East African - Neutral
  • Published on May 3, 2025

    Africans say a Black pope would be nice to have

    KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is a long shot, though some are cautiously optimistic that Pope Francis’ successor could be a Black cardinal …

    Source: The Antelope Valley Press - California - Pending
  • Published on May 1, 2025

    Africans say a Black pope would be nice to have. But they are not too hopeful

    Audio By Carbonatix KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is a long shot, though some are cautiously optimistic that Pope Francis’ successor could be …

    Source: SRN News - Center-right
  • Published on 01:18 GMT

    Italians miss papal pomp at summer retreat deserted by Francis

    On a warm spring morning in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, starlings swooped over the cobbled streets and Alberto de Angelis, the mayor, recalled the last time a pope was elected. About an hour south of Rome by train, the picturesque town had been …

    Source: The Times - Center-right
  • Published on May 3, 2025

    Meet the conclave: Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo

    Fridolin Ambongo Besungu was born on Jan. 24, 1960, just months before the country then known as the Belgian Congo gained its independence after 75 harrowing years of colonial rule. The following decades would be full of upheavals for the Democratic …

    Source: The Pillar - Neutral
  • Published on May 3, 2025

    Explainer: The papal conclave

    The process to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died on 21 April, is now under way with the conclave — the balloting — beginning on Wednesday 7 May. Catherine Pepinster explains what the conclave involves, who takes part, and what kind of pope is …

    Source: Religion Media Centre - Pending
  • Published on May 3, 2025

    Cardinal Ambongo: An African leader among the cardinals

    3 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While no one expects cardinals to vote as geographical blocs for a new pope, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, president of the African bishops’ council, and the presidents of other regional conferences have connections and …

    Source: OSV News - Center-right
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    Who will be the next Pope? Here are seven names

    Stay up to date with Christian news in Europe? Sign up for CNE's newsletter Of course, the Pope has no authority outside the few square hectometres of the Vatican City-State. And yet, numerous heads of state at Pope Francis’ funeral testify to the …

    Source: Christian Network Europe - Right-wing
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    Who are the contenders to be pope? They include a street priest, a missionary and a Lutheran convert

    Job description: Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the characteristics necessary to become pope. After St. John Paul II broke the …

    Source: Santa Maria Times - California - Neutral
  • Published on May 1, 2025

    Who Are the Cardinals Who Will Choose the Next Pope?

    Members of the College of Cardinals have gathered in Rome in anticipation of the subsequent election of Pope Francis’ successor.  There are currently 252 cardinals, 133 of whom are eligible and expected to vote in the conclave. They range in age from 45 to …

    Source: National Catholic Register - Center-right
  • Published on May 1, 2025

    A new Pope after Francis’ Impactful and Exemplary Papacy, By PAUL EJIME

    In life and more so in death, Pope Francis earned universal respect for enthroning humility, simplicity, courage, and love for the poor and the marginalised,  during his 12-year papacy marked by exemplary evangelical leadership. More than 50 heads of state …

    Source: National Accord Newspaper - Neutral
  • Published on May 1, 2025

    Global Transmissions

    FLANKING THE ENTRANCE to the Art Institute of Chicago’s “Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica” were two wood figures: Wangechi Mutu’s Tree Woman, 2016,and Oxóssi, 1960, by Agnaldo Manoel dos Santos. Though painted decades apart, both …

    Source: Artforum - Neutral
  • Published on May 1, 2025

    Conservative Catholics campaign for the new Pope to be more anti-LGBTQ+

    A week away from the conclave that will determine who succeeds Pope Francis as next leader of the Catholic Church, LGBTQ+ rights are proving central to a lobbying campaign already underway among the cardinals who will vote for him. Some of the candidates …

    Source: LGBTQ Nation - California - Left-wing
  • Published on Apr 30, 2025

    Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin is the favorite to be the next pope, ahead of Filipino Luis Antonio Tagle

    In one more week, on May 7th at 4:30 pm Italian time, the 133 cardinals qualified to participate in the conclave will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican for the first round of voting in search of the successor to Pope Francis and the new …

    Source: Metro World News - Pending
  • Published on Apr 30, 2025

    Papal conclave 2025: One of these cardinals could succeed Pope Francis as May 7 ceremony draws closer

    After Pope Francis’ passing, questions about the future leadership of the Catholic Church have been dominating the news. All eyes have turned toward the upcoming papal conclave on May 7. While there are no official candidates for the papacy, speculations …

    Source: The Economic Times - Pending
  • Published on Apr 30, 2025

    Catholics await white smoke

    Mukudzei Chingwere at the Vatican City in Rome, Italy The Roman Catholic Church, last Saturday, officially entered the “Sede Vacante” phase following the burial of Pope Francis, who succumbed to a stroke and irreversible cardiovascular collapse at the age …

    Source: The Sunday Mail (Zimbabwe) - Gov't Propaganda
  • Published on Apr 30, 2025

    The Search for the Next Pope: What Cardinals Are Looking For

    When Pope Francis was elected in 2013, the cardinals deliberately looked outside of Europe, seeking a courageous communicator who could confront scandals and bring reform to the troubled institution. Now, as 135 selected cardinals prepare to enter the next …

    Source: Tempo.co - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 30, 2025

    One of these cardinals could become the new pope

    There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered "papabile," or possessing the characteristics necessary to become pope. After St. John Paul II broke the centurieslong Italian hold on the papacy in 1978, the …

    Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 29, 2025

    Papal front-runner: Cardinal Ambongo could be first African pope in over 1,500 years

    If Catholicism's future is in Africa, as is so often touted, then when, not if, will there be an African pope in the modern era? There have been three popes who have hailed from North Africa, the last one being Gelasius I, who reigned A.D. 492-496. …

    Source: National Catholic Reporter - Neutral

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