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Conclave Set to Start

First appeared on 03/08/2013. Insights is also available to members via email delivery.

The Cardinals have announced that the conclave to elect the next pope will convene on Tuesday.

Naturally, attention will now focus the most important priorities for the Church, and who might lead the Church in the optimum direction. Phil Lawler has a particularly arresting viewpoint: The key issue for the coming conclave is transparency.

Phil also continues to point out excellent columns by others: Perceptive commentary: Magister, Royal.

CatholicCulture.org has begun to publish occasional editorial cartoons, done by our affiliated artist, Chris Pelicano. Here are two of them, which portray media coverage of events in Rome:... [more content for subscribers]

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