Msgr Moroney's Blog: Sede Vacante and the Death and Election of a Pope

24 April 2025

Sede Vacante and the Death and Election of a Pope

Here is a link to the slides for a workshop on Sede Vacante and the Death and Election of a Pope which I presented to the Young Adult Study Group this week. I hope you find them to be informative.

Sede Vacante and the Death and Election of a Pope

Monsignor James P. Moroney, a priest of the Diocese of Worcester for forty four years, is Pastor of Saint Cecilia Parish in Leominster. He served for many years as Executive Director of the USCCB Secretariat for Divine Worship in Washington D.C., as Rector of Saint John's Seminary in Boston, and as Pastor of Mary Queen of the Rosary Parish in Spencer and as Rector of Saint Paul's Cathedral in Worcester. Pope Saint John Paul II and Pope Benedict both appointed him as a Consultor to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in Rome and as Executive Director of the Vox Clara Committee. He is author of THE MASS EXPLAINED (Catholic Book Publishing) which is being published in its third edition this Spring.