Interreligious leaders pray for Pope Francis’s health at the Mahabodhi Buddhist temple, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 25, 2025. (Credit: Rev Jude Chryshantha, National Director, Social Communication.

(RNS) — Before the last conclave, Ulrike Heckl found herself looking at photos of the cardinals who were preparing to elect the next pope and wondering at the enormity of the responsibility on their ...