From Pope Francis to conclave: How should a conflicted Catholic pray for the papacy?

The bells of Rome have tolled. The See of Peter stands empty once more. With the death of Pope Francis, who reigned from 2013 to 2025, the Church finds herself again poised between grief and expectancy, with a conclave looming beneath the frescoed gaze of Michelangelo. Smoke shall rise soon from the Sistine chimney, but The post From Pope Francis to conclave: How should a conflicted Catholic pray for the papacy? first appeared on Catholic Herald. The post From Pope Francis to conclave: How should a conflicted Catholic pray for the papacy? appeared first on Catholic Herald.