Quotes
The Holy Spirit will guide the Cardinals,
He has concern for all nations and all immigrants,
There are 18 cardinals from Africa who are eligible,
said Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, Dean of Theology at Santa Clara University We look at what upholds human dignity, at what stage and condition of life - what's truly going to contribute to the common good,
It's also because young people are so exposed to the secular world, with travel, with the internet and with social media,
According to the statistics we have... one priest is catering to around 9,000 Catholics,
John Alfred Rabena, chancellor of UST Central Seminary, one the country's oldest, said this week If there's someone famous, we gravitate towards the person and his actions, way of life,
Because of the sexual misconduct that happened in the Church,
he said of the global abuse scandal that erupted in the early 2000s We pray that the cardinals will discern the next pope,
Gianan, who was among those who led the prayer, said in an interview after the prayer service It’s different when the pope speaks your language,
I was already warning the bishops that there were clear signs of declining vocations — and how many years ago was that?”
I don’t know if a Filipino pope will immediately restore that broken trust,
We are gathered in this eucharistic table this afternoon, as I said earlier, to pray for the cardinal electors. Today in Rome, in the Vatican, they will enter the conclave, the process by which the successor of St. Peter, the one who will replace Pope Francis, will be elected,
No pope is chosen to represent certain interests; the pope is chosen to do the will of the Father so that by doing so, people will be led closer to God to attain eternal life,
And just like the three points that I introduced earlier, it should be clear that no cardinal should think that this is for him; the role of the cardinals is to discover who among them is being sent,
We pray to the Lord that the Holy Spirit will guide and strengthen the Cardinal-electors as they elect a new Pope who will serve as the shepherd of the universal church,
We don’t love everything about him, but we love the good things he’s doing for America. He’s strong and bold, and we like that, and conservative,
I‘m a Christian, not a Catholic, but I think it would be best if the church returns to its traditional, historic roots, meaning someone . . . more conservative in their approach to theology and the faith,
How one of our historians had a quotation about southern Ireland after its foundation, that we became Catholic in practice but not in theory. So it wasn’t very deep.”
He’s from Rome, steeped in Rome and the administration, and when you read about all these new cardinals who don’t know the ropes, I think they’ll maybe go for an Italian who does know the ropes, this man,
