Cardinals pray before
the Blessed Sacrament in a chapel near the New Synod Hall (@Vatican
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Cardinals ask faithful to pray for their discernment for
new Pope
The College of Cardinals has requested that all Catholics
pray for them, so that they may listen the Holy Spirit as they discern whom to
choose as the next Pope.
By Vatican News
The Holy See released a declaration on Wednesday in which
the Cardinals preparing for the upcoming conclave ask the faithful to pray for
them.
“The College of Cardinals gathered in Rome, engaged in the
General Congregations in preparation for the Conclave, wishes to invite the
People of God to live this ecclesial moment as an event of grace and spiritual
discernment, listening to the will of God,” read the statement.
The Cardinals said they feel “the need to be supported by
the prayers of all the faithful,” since they are aware of their responsibility
in choosing the next Successor of Peter.
Prayer, they added, “is the true force that in the Church
promotes the unity of all the members of the one Body of Christ.”
“Faced with the enormity of the task ahead and the urgency
of the present time,” said the Cardinals, “it is first of all necessary to make
ourselves humble instruments of the infinite wisdom and providence of our
Heavenly Father, in docility to the action of the Holy Spirit.”
The Cardinals noted that the Holy Spirit is “the protagonist
of the life of the People of God, the One to whom we must listen, accepting
what He is saying to the Church.”
“May the Blessed Virgin Mary accompany these prayers with
her maternal intercession,” concluded the Cardinals’ declaration.
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