The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/04/22 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: April 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/04/22 at 10:00 EDT

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I'm Joe Cummings. First to the election campaign and with less than a week to go, today is the day Conservative leader Pierre Poliev releases his party's official platform. We'll have a platform for all eyes to see which will bring change to Canada. It will axe taxes, unleash home building, resource development, lock up criminals, secure our borders and bring home the country that we knew and love. Mark Carney released the Liberals Party platform over the weekend, and so too did the NDP's jug meat sing.

The day after the death of Pope Francis, and details are starting to come out now on what the Vatican has planned for it the coming days. It includes information on the public viewing, which comes underway tomorrow, and the funeral, which is set for the weekend. Megan Williams reports. We've learned when the funeral is which is set for the weekend. Megan Williams reports. We've learned when the funeral is going to be, which is Saturday morning at 10 o'clock Rome time. Right now, the Cardinals are meeting to discuss other details, probably figure out when the conclave is going to be.

That hasn't been announced. But starting the day of the funeral on Saturday, that is a period of nine days of mourning. So the conclave won't be before then. On Wednesday, the Vatican has said they will bring the Pope's body in the coffin, they've released pictures of that now, to St. Peter's Basilica. Right now, the Pope's body is in his Santa Marta guest house. So on Wednesday people will start lining up to be able to view the Pope in his coffin inside St. Peter's Basilica. Megan Williams, CBC News, The Vatican. Well the process of selecting a successor to Pope Francis has yet to formally begin as we've heard there. The speculation on who it might be has, of course, already started. Sharon Yonan-Reynolds has more.

Sharon Yonan-Reynolds, The College of Cardinals Next month, the College of Cardinals will convene in Rome to begin a process shrouded in mystery and intrigue. JD Flynn, Editor-in-Chief of The Pillar, a Catholic media organization. He says Cardinal's choices will be between a leader that carries Pope Francis' legacy or someone with a more conservative approach. Flynn says the Vatican's Secretary of State, Pietro Perilin, regarded as a moderate, is a serious contender. Emma Anderson is a professor of religious studies at the University of Ottawa. She says Canadian Michael Cherny, who heads the Vatican office responsible for migrants,

charity and development, could be an interesting candidate. He's very, very big on social justice. There's also the Archbishop of Quebec, Gerald Lacroix, who serves on the Cardinal Council of Advisers. He's kind of a savvy Vatican insider. But she says little is certain in a vote that can take anywhere from mere hours to years. Sharon Yonan-Reynolds, CBC News, Montreal. Jury selection is scheduled to begin today in London, Ontario in the trial of five former

World Junior Hockey players. The five are accused in an alleged sexual assault dating back to 2018. Kate Dabinsky reports. Their names are known in the hockey world. Michael McCloud and Cal Foot were with the New Jersey Devils, Dylan Dubay with the Calgary Flames, and Carter Hart with the Philadelphia Flyers. Alex Formonton had played with the Ottawa Senators. The international media spotlight will turn from the ICE to the Superior Court of Justice in London, Ontario, where each of the five make pleas to sexual assault charges.

The complainant, whose name is protected by a publication ban, says the five players assaulted her after a night out, celebrating their world junior hockey win. Legal experts say the case will rest on the evidence and the credibility of the complainant. Each player's lawyers will have a chance to cross-examine her. That's likely to be a difficult watch, says Jesse Roger, there with ANOVA, an agency for victims of gender-based violence. We're feeling very deeply for the young woman at the centre of this case, knowing that what she is about to go through is going to be really difficult.

The trial is scheduled to last eight weeks. Kate Tobinski, CBC News, London, Ontario. And that is The World Is Sour. For CBC News, London, Ontario. And that is the World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.