In 1990, Pope John Paul II released Ex Corde Ecclesiae, the papal document defining the centrality of Catholic higher education. Its title translated as “from the heart of the Church,” the document called for Catholic […]
Remarks from German journalist Peter Seewald about the state of Pope Benedict’s health have received wide circulation since the publication of an article yesterday in German and Italian magazines. Seewald, who conducted two book-length interviews […]
…is a nifty interactive graphic explaining how the cardinal-electors go about picking a new pope. Check it out at Vatican Insider – very cool!
The last weeks of Pope Benedict XVI’s pontificate will be filled with many “lasts.” Ash Wednesday was his last public Mass. February 14 was his last meeting with priests and seminarians of the Diocese of […]
… otherwise you might be forced to take seriously the foolishness that seems to dominate the internet, the airwaves, and the supposedly serious, important newspapers of note. So, as something of a humor break (and, […]
After a week of international news coverage about the pope’s imminent retirement, China’s news has so far failed to announce it. China’s Catholics, even the priests, are still unaware of what is happening in Rome, […]
Since Pope Benedict’s announcement last week that he’ll be stepping down as Supreme Pontiff, there has been some discussion in the Catholic blogosphere and elsewhere about whether it is most appropriate to say the pope […]
Yesterday Pope Benedict held his penultimate Angelus address yesterday before a huge crowd in St. Peter’s Square. From Vatican Information Service: More than one hundred and fifty thousand people attended Benedict XVI’s second-to-last Angelus in […]
Faithful arriving to pray the Stations at Beijing’s North Church, 17 February 2013. Photo by author. Lent has begun, and Catholics in Western countries have likely selected something to “give up,” and the more devout […]
It so happens that the Holy Father, who is six months older than Schall, announced his retirement about six months after Schall announced his. As far as we know, no causal connection can be established, […]
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