VATICAN CITY — When the conclave begins May 7, there will be 117 cardinals who will not be allowed into the Sistine Chapel to take part in the voting process that chooses the next pope.
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VATICAN CITY — One by one, placing a right hand on the Book of Gospels, staff driving, cooking, cleaning and caring for the cardinals who will elect a new pope will swear an oath of perpetual secrecy about the election of the 267th successor of St. Peter.
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VATICAN CITY — In St. Peter's Square, in the shadow of the 17th-century colonnade designed by Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, stands the 20-foot-tall bronze sculpture "Angels Unawares" as a reminder of the plight of migrants and refugees.
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis made history with his election in 2013 as the first Latin American as well as the first Jesuit ever elected.
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VATICAN CITY — The cardinals who enter the Sistine Chapel May 7 to elect a new pope use smoke signals to communicate with the outside world.
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“From the very first moment he appeared at the balcony and was introduced to the world as the successor to St. Peter, we saw the humility of Pope Francis,” Bishop Michael F. Burbidge said during a Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington April 23.
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On a sunny morning during Holy Week, students at St. Rita Catholic School in Alexandria gathered in small groups to learn about and venerate a first-class relic of soon-to-be-saint Carlo Acutis. They also viewed his poster display, “The Eucharistic Miracles of the World,” part of the project Acutis completed just before his death.
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As Holy Thursday evening Masses concluded throughout the Arlington diocese April 17, Catholics quietly sojourned to seven churches, visiting Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament for the Seven Churches Pilgrimage.
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VATICAN CITY — When the conclave begins May 7, there will be 117 cardinals who will not be allowed into the Sistine Chapel to take part in the voting process that chooses the next pope.
4/30/25
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2
min
VATICAN CITY — One by one, placing a right hand on the Book of Gospels, staff driving, cooking, cleaning and caring for the cardinals who will elect a new pope will swear an oath of perpetual secrecy about the election of the 267th successor of St. Peter.
4/30/25
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis made history with his election in 2013 as the first Latin American as well as the first Jesuit ever elected.
4/30/25
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2
min
VATICAN CITY — The cardinals who enter the Sistine Chapel May 7 to elect a new pope use smoke signals to communicate with the outside world.
4/30/25
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3
min
VATICAN CITY — In St. Peter's Square, in the shadow of the 17th-century colonnade designed by Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, stands the 20-foot-tall bronze sculpture "Angels Unawares" as a reminder of the plight of migrants and refugees.
4/30/25
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The St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington and the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy are cosponsoring a temporary exhibit on the message of Divine Mercy at the shrine through June 8.
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VATICAN CITY — A new bronze sculpture installed in St. Peter's Square, near the showers and medical clinic the Vatican runs for people in need, invites visitors to reflect on the sacredness of welcoming others, especially the marginalized.
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