Archbishop Gomez asks LA Catholics to ‘pray hard’ at start of conclave
News of the first sighting of black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney came minutes before the start of a special Mass in Los Angeles to pray for the election of a new pope at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on May 7.
In his homily, Archbishop Gomez said the conclave was a historic moment for the Catholic Church in which “we all have our own personal responsibility” to “pray hard” for the College of Cardinals.
“We ask the Holy Spirit to come and to fill the hearts of the cardinals meeting in the conclave that began this morning in Rome,” said the archbishop.