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Bishop Varden: ‘We’re never passive bystanders’

On praying in a papal interregnum

Luke Coppen
Apr 27, 2025
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When the world’s cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope in the coming days, Catholics everywhere will be frantically pressing the “refresh” button on their web browsers.

The statue of St. Peter in St. Peter’s Square. Michal Osmenda via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0).

It’s likely that much of the time, there will be no major news. Perhaps just a …

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