Dean of College of Cardinals calls for unity despite diversity in Mass for conclave’s opening

Praying for the cardinal electors as the conclave begins

For these next days of waiting, first and foremost for the cardinals in conclave and then also for all of us: Come, Holy Spirit, bringing wisdom, discernment and patience.

Cardinal Re: United in prayer before the Conclave, we ask the Holy Spirit for guidance

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, presides over the Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff, and calls for unity in ...

Dean of College of Cardinals calls for unity despite diversity in Mass for conclave’s opening

VATICAN– The dean of the College of Cardinals stressed the need for unity despite the Church’s diversity as an expression of Christ’s “new commandment” of self-emptying love, in his homily for the Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff at St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday, May 7. READ: FULL TEXT: Cardinal Re’s homily at conclave’s opening Mass […] The post Dean of College of Cardinals calls for unity despite diversity in Mass for conclave’s …

Choose the pope the world needs, dean urges cardinals before conclave

At Mass before the conclave that will elect the next pope, Cardinal Re urged his brothers to choose the shepherd the church and all of humanity need "at this difficult and complex and tormented" turning point in history.

Mass for the election of a pope: Cardinals hear call to ‘maintain the unity of the Church’

Cardinal electors in their distinctive red vestments attend the Mass for the election of the Supreme Pontiff at St. Peter's Basilica on May 7. / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, May 7, 2025 / 05:27 am (CNA). At the Mass for the election of a new pope, the dean of the College of Cardinals made “a strong call to maintain the unity of the Church” ahead of the conclave on Wednesday, urging the cardinal electors to remember that they will cast their vote…

Dean to cardinals: Pray for ‘new pope according to God’s heart’

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re urged cardinals Wednesday to pray that the Holy Spirit “will give us a new pope according to God’s heart for the good of the Church and of humanity.”Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, censes the altar at the Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff in St. Peter’s Basilica on May 7, 2025. Screenshot from @VaticanNews YouTube channel.At a May 7 Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica ahead of the …