CONCLAVE 2025
Tomorrow morning in St Peters Rome the Mass for the election of the new pope will take place at 10am local time during that mass we pray that the Holy spirit will inspire the Cardinal Electors to elect the pope. Later in the day the Conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin at 5pm when the Cardinals will process from the Pauline Chapel into the Sistine Chapel. There they will take the oath to maintain the secrecy of the conclave under pain of excommunication. Then everyone else who is not an elector will leave when the master of ceremonies declares extra omnes which means all those who are not allowed to remain must leave. Then a Cardinal will give a reflection on what they are about begin and the first ballot will take place. Many people have said they want a more Conservative or a more Liberal pope but it doesn’t work that way as people want what they think is good for everyone else.
The way it works is that all of us should pray that the Holy Spirit will inspire the Cardinals to elect the Pope who will be a source of unity and a bridge builder within the Church.
O God, eternal shepherd,
who govern your flock with unfailing care,
grant in your boundless fatherly love
a pastor for your Church
who will please you by his holiness
and to us show watchful care.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Fullerton T 