More on the Conclave

[William Zambrano MD]

NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC CONFERENCE: Litany of the Saints for Conclave 2025

Reminder: It is good to request prayers from the Church Militant for the conclave but we have BILLIONS of saints in the Church Triumphant interceding for this conclave.

CWR:  As the Cardinal-electors processed into the conclave on May 7th, the Litany of the Saints was chanted. In it the Church Militant begs the Church Triumphant, the Saints in heaven, to pray and intercede for her needs on earth. Moreover, the fact that the Litany of the Saints is prescribed for solemn occasions such as a papal election or the conferral of Holy Orders is a reminder that the Church’s ordained priests are images of the One High Priest in heaven, and that the Church’s liturgy is for the faithful on earth a participation in the eternal heavenly liturgy. These truths are encapsulated in the article of faith that we profess every time we recite the Creed: “I believe in … the communion of saints.” 

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