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The Pope sings of love and the purity of the soul in the Assumption of Mary

León XIV has returned to Castelgandolfo to celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The glorification of Mary in soul and body teaches us that our true beauty lies in showing, even in our flesh, the signs of love that has no end, he stated in a beautiful homily.

Francisco Otamendi

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Second black smoke

This afternoon at around 5:30 or 7:00 p.m. the next smoke will be released.

Javier García Herrería

8 May 2025

First black smoke at the Vatican

First black smoke in the conclave: still no Pope. Voting continues tomorrow with possible smoke signals at noon and in the evening.

Javier García Herrería

7 May 2025

Cardinal Re: "May he be elected the Pope that the Church and humanity need".

The dean of the College of Cardinals presided at the Mass "pro eligendo pontifice" in St. Peter's on the morning of May 7, during which he invoked the protection of the Holy Spirit to place the "sovereign keys" in the right hands. This Mass precedes the conclave, which will begin at half past four in the afternoon.

Maria Candela Temes

7 May 2025

Perspective and prayer to face the conclave

"Simon, son of John, do you love me?". The election of the new Pope is a spiritual and ecclesial act that demands prayer, discernment and trust in the action of the Holy Spirit.

Reynaldo Jesús

7 May 2025

Which saints do the cardinals invoke in the procession to the Sistine Chapel?

On May 7, the beginning of the conclave, the cardinal electors make up to one hundred invocations in the so-called Litany of the Saints, before the singing of the Veni Creator Spiritus addressed to the Holy Spirit. They take place in the procession from the Pauline Chapel to the Sistine Chapel.

Francisco Otamendi

7 May 2025

Topics discussed at the last general congregation

If one pays attention to the topics discussed by the cardinals, one notices how these days they have spoken both in favor of the main lines promoted by Pope Francis and of the risks they entail.

Javier García Herrería

6 May 2025

Conclave: rules, profiles, duration and curiosities

The 2025 conclave begins this Wednesday with 133 cardinal electors from 71 countries, under strict security and secrecy measures.

Omnes Editorial Staff

6 May 2025

Blessed are the merciful

For Francis, every excluded person was the object of his love. Whether or not that exclusion was his own fault was not a question for him. Love saw need, not merit.

Joseph Evans

6 May 2025

This is the oath of secrecy of the 133 Cardinal electors

By mandate of the College of Cardinals, the Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, signed a few days ago the little book of the conclave. It contains the oath to be taken by the 133 cardinal electors of the next Pope in the Sistine Chapel on May 7.

Francisco Otamendi

6 May 2025

Cardinals discuss key challenges before the Conclave

Among the topics discussed by the cardinals during the tenth general congregation were the missionary nature of the Church, the role of Caritas as a witness to evangelical justice, and the need for a Pope who is close, a guide and a bridge in a fragmented world.

Omnes Editorial Staff

5 May 2025

Pope's Travels

The day I was a Swiss Guard

Papua New Guinea, second stop on Pope Francis' trip

“You don’t need to be rich or powerful, just have love,” says the Pope in Mongolia

Pope Francis in Marseille, plurality as a resource

Hungary: Pope Francis' next destination

Poverty, tensions and women: challenges ahead of the Pope's visit to Africa

The Catholic Church in Congo and South Sudan

The Pope travels to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. “Mbote François”, Okay, now, welcome!

Pope Francis and initiatives for dialogue with Islam

Interreligious and ecumenical dialogue, a weapon to defuse any conflict

It's happening...

Holywins: una alternativa alegre y católica a Halloween

Omnes Editorial Staff

¿Cuál es el pensamiento político de san Agustín?

Santiago Leyra Curiá

Miracles of the Virgin Mary and nature: 'the sun danced', snowfalls, flowers…

Francisco Otamendi