Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the 267th Pope, Vicar of Christ and Supreme Pontiff, as the Successor of St. Peter the Apostle and the Leader of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.
He has chosen the name of Pope Leo XIV.
All 135 Cardinal-Electors in Papal Conclave 2025
Papal Conclave 2025 will start on Wednesday, 7 May 2025 in which the Cardinal-electors will gather to vote in the Sistine Chapel for the successor of Pope Francis as the Vicar of Christ and Supreme Pontiff.
First Day (Saturday, 26 April 2025 at 10 am)
Papal Funeral Mass at St. Peter’s Square
Celebrant: Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals
Second Day (Sunday, 27 April 2025 at 10.30 am)
Novemdiales Mass at St. Peter’s Square (for employees and faithful of Vatican City)
Celebrant: Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State
Third Day (Monday, 28 April 2025 at 5 pm)
Novemdiales Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica (for the Church and Diocese of Rome)
Celebrant: Cardinal Baldassare Reina, Vicar General of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome
Fourth Day (Tuesday, 29 April 2025 at 5 pm)
Novemdiales Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica (for the Chapters of the Papal Basilicas)
Celebrant: Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican
Fifth Day (Wednesday, 30 April 2025 at 5 pm)
Novemdiales Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica (for the members of the Papal Chapel)
Celebrant: Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals
Sixth Day (Thursday, 1 May 2025 at 5 pm)
Novemdiales Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica (for the Roman Curia)
Celebrant: Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Seventh Day (Friday, 2 May 2025 at 5 pm)
Novemdiales Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica (for the Eastern Churches)
Celebrant: Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
Eighth Day (Saturday, 3 May 2025 at 5 pm)
Novemdiales Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica (for the members of the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life)
Celebrant: Cardinal Angel Fernandez Artime, Pro-Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
Ninth Day (Sunday, 4 May 2025 at 5 pm)
Novemdiales Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica (for the members of the Papal Chapel)
Celebrant: Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, Protodeacon of the College of Cardinals
Total Cardinals : 252
Cardinal-Electors : 135
Cardinal Non-Electors : 117
Next Cardinal-Elector turning 80 :
Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra (Spain), Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid on 16 May 2025.
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Cardinal Bishops : 13
Cardinal Priests : 205
Cardinal Deacons : 34
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Dean of the College of Cardinals : Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re
Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals : Cardinal Leonardi Sandri
Cardinal Protopriest : Cardinal Michael Michai Kitbunchu
Cardinal Protodeacon : Cardinal Dominique Francois Joseph Mamberti
Pope Francis, the 266th Pope and Vicar of Christ passed away on Monday, 21 April 2025.
The Papal Funeral Mass will be on Saturday, 26 April 2025, 10 am Rome Time (CET) – St. Peter’s Square.
The private residence of the Pope in the Vatican City, that is his apartment in the Apostolic Palace beside the Basilica of St. Peter is left vacant upon the death of the Pope as Pope Francis, the 266th Pope has just passed away on Monday, 21 April 2025.
Therefore, in order to avoid fraud and manipulation of papal documents of the previous Pope, and to prevent release of items that can only be done by the new Pope, the Pope’s Apartment is sealed, by a special officer of the Roman Curia, that is the Camerlengo (Chamberlain) of the Holy Roman Church, who is now Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who is also the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.
The Camerlengo is the leader of the sede vacante transition period, and working in conjunction with the Dean of the College of Cardinals. His duties include sealing the Pope’s apartment and the destruction of the Pope’s Ring of the Fisherman, both of which meant to ensure no fraud documents can be released in absence of the Pope.
The sealing is done as soon as the Pope passed away or stepped down, and done in the presence of the Vice-Camerlengo, who is now Archbishop Ilson de Jesus Montanari, and sealed with a silk string tied and sealed with a wax seal to ensure no one can enter the room, with the unbroken wax seal as evidence.
The room will only be opened again and the seal broken after the conclave is completed and a new Pope is elected.
Wishing our Holy Father, His Holiness Pope Francis, a most blessed tenth anniversary of his election to the Papacy, as the Successor of St. Peter, Vicar of Christ and Supreme Pontiff of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church!
Ad multos annos, Your Holiness!
His Eminence Cardinal William Goh Seng Chye, Archbishop of Singapore, was ordained on the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, ten years ago on 22 February 2013.
The principal consecrator was the then Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore, Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, with two co-consecrators, the then Archbishop of Singapore, Archbishop Nicholas Chia (now Archbishop Emeritus), and the then Metropolitan Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Archbishop Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam (now Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus).
Wishing His Eminence Cardinal Goh a most blessed Episcopal Ordination anniversary and may God bless him in his mission and leadership as the shepherd of the Lord’s flock in Singapore, and in his works as a Prince of the Church, a Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church!
Ad multos annos, Your Eminence!
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