Father Duffy to Newsmax: People ‘Need to Listen’ to Next Pope

The next Pope has to be someone who raises the conscience of the people, Father Michael Duffy told Newsmax Wednesday.

Duffy, who is rector of St. Agnes Cathedral in the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, told “Wake Up America” that Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, said this very morning that “the next Holy Father has to be one who can awaken the conscience of people throughout the world.”

Duffy added, “I think that is what we need our Holy Father to do, and he will do, and we need to listen.”

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