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Cardinals to begin choosing new pope in largest ever conclave
Catholic cardinals from all over the world will begin casting their votes for a new pope under Michelangelo’s The Last Judgment ceiling fresco in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday afternoon in what is the largest and possibly the most unpredictable conclave to ever take place.
Read more at The Guardian
As Cardinals Enter the Conclave, Anything Could Happen
On Wednesday, 133 cardinal electors will enter the Sistine Chapel to elect the 267th pontiff of the Catholic Church. What on earth will happen remains known only to heaven. After two weeks of debate, discussion, politicking and gossiping, predictions on who will emerge on the Loggia of the Blessings of St. Peter’s Basilica are even more divided.
Read more at The American Spectator
The New Pope Must Purge the Church of the Lavender Mafia
While a bishop living a life of grave sin could still be a good administrator or social worker, he will seldom be what matters most – a defender of the faith and morals necessary to our salvation.
Read more at Crisis Magazine
The Vatican Financial Mess Pope Francis Couldn’t Fix
The next pope will inherit a soaring deficit and culture of financial malpractice that Francis tried and failed to solve even through his final weeks.
Read more at The Wall Street Journal
Macron Plays Popemaker as Conclave Campaigning Reaches Fever Pitch
French president Emmanuel Macron, an archglobalist and ally of the late Pope Francis, is being accused of participating in discreet political and ecclesiastical diplomacy reportedly aimed at influencing the choice of the next pope. … [reportedly] pushes liberal French cardinal and blocks the candidacy of ultraconservative Cardinal Sarah.
Read more at The Stream
French government denies Italian media rumors of France’s conclave interference
In an interview clip posted May 6 with RTL radio, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said it was “fake news” to claim that France was involved in “a covert and discreet campaign to try to elect a French pope.”
Read more at Catholic Vote
Here’s how the Catholic Church will choose a new pope
Papal conclaves: explained – and more.
Read at Axios
How Does the Holy Spirit Choose the Pope? Inside the Secretive Conclave Process
CHURCHPOP foregrounds a video from The Catholic Talk Show explaining the ancient, and sometimes surprising, process of choosing the successor of Saint Peter!
Read/view at CHURCHPOP
Washington bishops say priests won’t comply with new law requiring them to break Seal of Confession
Seattle Abp. Paul Etienne, speaking for the state Catholic conference, said ‘priests cannot comply with this law if the knowledge of abuse is obtained during the Sacrament of Reconciliation.’
Read more at Lifesite
5 Reasons Why Getting Offended by Trump’s ‘Pope’ Meme Is Foolish … Or Worse
Should Donald Trump’s tongue-in-cheek gesture offend sincere Catholics and friends of the Church? Should those who don’t hate Trump for corrupt or ideological reasons, who aren’t blatant hypocrites, shake their heads and cringe? Not at all. Here are five reasons why.
Read more at The Stream
SCOTUS Gives Trump Big Win on Pentagon Transgender Policy
The Supreme Court gave President Donald Trump a big win on Tuesday by allowing him to exclude openly transgender individuals from the military. In a brief order, the Supreme Court justices granted an emergency request from the Trump administration to “lift a nationwide injunction blocking the policy,” …
Read more at Breitbart
Trump Taps Refugee Fund To Welcome White South Africans Within Days
Amid a near-total asylum ban, government sources say Trump officials are planning to use funds for at-risk refugees to facilitate imminent Afrikaner resettlement.
Read more at The Lever
Second judge finds Trump’s use of 18th century wartime act against gang is improper
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that President Donald Trump is improperly using an 18th century wartime law to try to speed the deportations of people his administration labels members of a Venezuelan gang, becoming the second judge to bar the administration from removing immigrants under the act.
Read more at Spectrum News
President Trump Begins Filling 46 Judicial Vacancies — Launches First Wave of Nominees to Restore Rule of Law
President Donald Trump has officially kicked off his next historic reshaping of the federal judiciary, announcing the first wave of six powerhouse judicial nominations to fill the current 46 lifetime vacancies on the bench.
Read more at the Gateway Pundit
President Trump’s Most Loyal Supporters: The Hispanic Community | Victor Davis Hanson
After 100 days in office … [o]ver a majority of Hispanic voters, 58%, approve of President Trump, which is greater than his support amongst white (47%) and black (41%) voters. Democrats told us that closing the border, and deporting illegal aliens, like Kilmar Abrego Garcia, was deeply unpopular within the Hispanic community and would sink Trump’s favorability. But, it actually has the opposite effect, argues Victor Davis Hanson …
Watch at The Daily Signal
Trump Just Took Over NYC’s Penn Station… Permanently
Penn station is no longer under the control of NYC itself; instead President Trump has seized control of America’s largest train station… which might be the best thing to ever happen to it.
Watch at Cash Jordan YouTube
Fading Canada
A reporter asked Trump if there was anything Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney could [say] in their meeting that would prompt Trump to lift his tariffs. Trump said no. Asked why, he said, “That’s just the way it is.”
Read more at ZeroHedge
Cardinal Raymond Burke continues to urge novena prayer for the election of the successor to St. Peter
“I ask you to continue praying the Novena Prayer, until the new Successor of Saint Peter is elected. If you have not yet begun to pray the Novena Prayer, I urge you to begin praying it immediately.”
Cardinal Burke’s prayer is available here
Editor’s note:
HOW SOULS AND LIBERTY WILL MOVE FORWARD THE NEXT FOUR YEARS
There can be no doubt we have witnessed an extraordinary moment in the history of the United States and the world. The election of Donald Trump to a second Presidential term is a great victory for Christian patriots, but it is not a complete or final victory. Rather, it is a reprieve from the ceaseless assaults on life, liberty and faith we have had to endure for four years.
Donald Trump is president once again, and his decisions, Cabinet selections, and force of personality are shaping the United States and the world in ways we could only dream of.
We have a Heaven-sent opportunity to step up and ensure this victory is not merely a one-off, but the first of many and the foundation of a lasting legacy of patriotic, Christian, pro-family policies.
Souls and Liberty will be part of that effort, but we cannot do it without you. It will require reporting and activism that YOU can be a part of.
