During this morning’s Missa pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice—the “Mass for the Election of a Roman Pontiff”—at St. Peter’s Basilica, the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Angelo Sodano, delivered the homily below, exhorting his fellow […]
This month, I am in Rome reporting on the conclave, the election and installation of the new pope, and the new pope’s first Holy Week and Easter Sunday. Back home, the secular news media is […]
You know you do. What you’ll want to do is bone up on the Latin (accusative case) names of the possible candidates, compiled by CNS in this handy list. After the cardinals elect a new […]
Some numbers from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, by way of Sandro Magister: Catholics were and remain one sixth of the global population. They were and remain half of all Christians. But […]
The entire month since Benedict’s surprise resignation announcement has proven advantageous for dusting off old 2005 flash cards of cardinals and updating database profiles to scrutinize potential papabili, cardinals who are considered to have the […]
Yesterday Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi, SJ released a schedule for the sessions of the conclave to elect a new pope, set to begin Tuesday, March 12, including a time-table for when the “fumata” (the black […]
While Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation and the end of his pontificate are still sending shock waves throughout the world, Catholic World Report spoke with a senior theologian, Don Nicola Bux, among the closest collaborators of […]
Readings: Jos 5:9a, 10-12 Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 2 Cor 5:17-21 Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 “How could a loving God send people to hell?” It’s a question I’ve heard many times from people who balk at […]
Conclave Bingo! From CatholicMemes.com:
Perhaps the only good thing to come out of Muslim rioting in more than 20 countries last September is that this has been extremely helpful in clarifying what Islam teaches—and what we can expect if […]
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