Today the Vatican released a statement in response to accusations that as archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, was complicit in various human-rights abuses during Argentina’s “Dirty War,” 1976-1983. The full […]
Pope Francis met today with the cardinals in the Clementine Hall and spoke a bit about his predecessor, saying that Benedict XVI “lit a flame in the depths of our hearts.” The New York Times reports: After […]
Mark Brumley, president of Ignatius Press, talks with Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ, founder and editor of Ignatius Press, about the election of Pope Francis, the first Latin American–and the first Jesuit–to be made pope:
The Religious Information Service of Ukraine has posted some commentary from Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of Kyiv and Patriarch of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, about newly elected Pope Francis: I would first like to say […]
Today Pope Francis celebrated his first Mass as Supreme Pontiff. Joined by the College of Cardinals, Pope Francis said the Missa pro Ecclesia—Mass for the Church—in the Sistine Chapel, where just yesterday he was elect […]
From very good NRO piece by George Weigel about Pope Francis: A pope in defense of human rights and democracy. Pope Francis has left behind an Argentina in which he was a stern critic of […]
For many people, including many Catholics, the Catholic Church is too old-fashioned, staid, and boring, supposedly failing to be “relevant” and “with the times.” And yet, the ancient traditions and venerable institutions of the Church—especially […]
Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ – founder of Ignatius Press – had this to say about the election of his fellow Jesuit, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, as the new pope: I’m overjoyed. He is a great […]
Much has already been made of the fact that the new pontiff, Pope Francis, typically rode the bus to work as cardinal archbishop of Buenos Aires, and that he lived in a small apartment and […]
As the Cardinal-electors processed into the conclave on Tuesday, March 12, the Litany of the Saints was chanted. In it the Church Militant begs the Church Triumphant, the Saints in heaven, to pray and intercede […]
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