Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski told Newsmax on Wednesday during live coverage of the conclave of cardinals at the Vatican that the “world still needs much from the church.”

Wenski spoke of the opening homily from Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who talked about the world wanting much from the church.

“When you look at how the world is coming to a stop to follow the events, what’s happening in the Sistine Chapel with news media from all over the world, perhaps Cardinal Re was correct that the world does expect much from the church, and the world still needs much from the church,” Wenski told “National Report.”

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